BiggerPockets

Hello,

Can someone please share with me how you find absentee owners or owners that do not live in the city and or state where their property is located.

I would like to start mailing once a week to absentee owners and probate executors.

Thank You

Hi,

For absentee owners you will be searching for property owners that e have an address different than the property address. This data can be found in your county property tax department.

For probates, you will need to to locate the records department for probate courts in your county. You will be looking for the executor/personal representative application to locate the mailing address. You can also verify that there is real estate or "Real Property" in the inventory filling in the case file.

See if they have a web site. Better see if they sell the data.

Otherwise, try the people Jon suggested, they sell them.

Many counties have some sort of web site. Some have map-based systems similar to zillow where you can click on a property and get the info. Some have much more obtuse systems that will leave you scratching you head (or worse.) If you can find and figure out your target county's system, you can just chug through it address by address looking for candidate properties. If they do have something online and free, which is pretty common, and you can figure it out, then you can get this information for free. You can use zillow to find actual addresses, if the county doesn't have anything map based. Some of these systems are really convoluted and take some time to figure out. And I've never seen two that are the same.

Some counties allow you to enter a range of street numbers and get a list of addresses in that range.

We do have a list of county recorder offices.

Some counties have services that will let you select the criteria you want and get a list. These usually aren't free.

Some title companies also have services where you can get property data. Some are online and can be similar to county systems, sometimes they will sell you a list.

By far the easiest is one of those list brokers. Not free, but not as expensive as you might think.

Thank you for all of the responses.