Need help acquiring a foreclosure

[Dustin Frank]

Hello BP, I was doorknocking today and several neighbors pointed me in the direction of an abandoned house. They said an old lady lived there but the house has been vacant for over a year. One neighbor told me the house was being foreclosed on and another neighbor told me it was the only drug house left in the neighborhood. After telling them that I am wanting to purchase property in the neighborhood I had three different people tell me that I should "do something about it" and "somebody should flip that house." The house is not listed and I get the impression that the owners have passed away. How would I go about acquiring such property? What should be my first step?