Looking up owner information in Los Angeles County

[Chris Ready]

Hi all,

Looking up owner information in Los Angeles county appears to be harder than in other counties as the information is not available on the county assessors website. 

How does everyone get around this? The records are available at a physical location but often this is impractical. There quite a few other paid-for service out there for this type of thing - does anyone recommend one in particular? What is the most cost effective service?

Thanks,

Chris