Legality of approaching homeowner

[Kody Henderson]

I work as a first responder in a hot market. On a daily basis I go into homes of people that would be perfect for creating a list of homes to try and wholesale to local flippers.

My question is...

Are there any legal issues I may run into if I were to contact the homeowners of these homes about selling?

Example: Person at 123 main street calls 911 because they fell down and can’t get up. They live alone or their spouse is unable to assist them. Fire Department shows up picks them up and if not injured people usually stay home.

Hypothetically if I were to write down the address and later reach out to them via door knock, direct mail or call are there any legal issues I might run into?

Thanks in advance!

[Michael Haas]

@Kody Henderson as others have mentioned, the concern lies with your work’s policies and regulations. I’m sure there’s a handbook or HR person that would have some insight. I like where your head is at though!

Some of this info may be public record, in which case you can likely use it to make your list. For example, in many cities in the US I’ve heard that lists and locations of fires that the fire department responds to is public record. If your company doesn’t have much guidance on this, I would just ask which types of response calls are recorded and made available to the public, and you can probably assume that those types of calls are acceptable to use if they don’t say otherwise.