Finding owners of vacant homes?

[Rickie Patterson Jr]

    Hello BiggerPockets first time posting thanks in advance. So your driving around looking for vacant properties and you see the boarded up windows and over grow yard. So what is the next step you take? Is there a better option than the skip trace services like going to a title company or city hall? If the skip trace services are the best solution then is there one you have found gives you more accurate information than the others? I would hate to quit digging three feet from gold but do not want to waist time calling number after number on a skip trace service and getting wrong numbers and no answer if there is a better way. Any advice would be greatly appreciated I look forward to hearing from this great community.

   Thank you                                                                                                                                                                                  Rickie Patterson                                                                                                                                                                          Sultan Washington