How to get owner's addresses

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I currently have 5 properties which I bought in a particular neighborhood in San Antonio, TX (the medical center area), which I believe to be a great area to own rental properties due to the constant high demand generated by the large employers in the area.

I would like to buy more houses in that same neighborhood and, of course, don;t want to wait for the properties to hit the public multiple listing bucket. I want to contact the owners of those houses (via mail) and offer to buy their houses cash.

I believe the occupancy of the houses in the neighborhood is mixed (about half being occupied by owners, and half by tenants).

Could you guys share some ways to get a list of the addresses for the owners of the houses in a certain zip code? I could only think of one way: asking the HOA, which I'm not sure will work.

Thanks for the imput!

Lucas

Kathryn MacGeraghty · Answer

Escrow company is same as the title company. They are helpful to real estate licensees. A nominal fee for any kind of data pull.

Michael Quarles · Answer

Call your escrow company and set a time to pull a list using their Metro scan account. They can polygon and area and extract the addresses. This should be free.

Metroscan will return beds baths size SFR kind of stuff however if you want equity filters then you'll use listsource online and do the same thing. However listsource cost money.

Seth Teel · Answer

@Lucas Bonasio

Yes, that would be cumbersome.  I thought your mailings were more targeted.  Listsource, yellow letters, and a few others offer the kind of database mining you are looking for.  You may want to search the forums to get reviews of the best services.

Lucas Bonasio · Answer

@Michael Quarles

I'm assuming you work for Yellow letters? Would you be able to offer me a quote if I send you an e-mail at the address in your signature?

Thanks!

Lucas

Lucas Bonasio · Answer

Thank you @Michael Quarles . What do you mean by escrow company?

Michael Quarles · Answer

Youre in NY, sorry... Use listsource.com

Jassem A. · Answer

there are paid services like listsource or you could write your own application using a real estate API to retrieve this information.  There is also the option to scrape existing sites for the information using a web scraper.

Kathryn MacGeraghty · Answer

For us, it's usually $5 for a pull. Trying to comply with some anti-kickback law.

Lucas Bonasio · Answer

Great stuff! Thank you, sir! @Seth Teel

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