Real Estate Broker · LA & ORANGE COUNTY CA -Multi Family · Member since 2016 · 374 posts · 132 votes
There is an abandoned house on my friends street. She says its been bonded for 30 years now. The owner was this old man who recently past away, the son cam back and lived there about two years a couple years ago and has since left out of state. The home is falling apart and I would like to know how I can get in touch with someone so I can buy this thing and flip it. Would the city be of any help? There are no tax records online and verified.com does not have anything on it either other than the address. I feel this is a diamond in the rough. I am in California. Please advise. Thank you all in advance!
You need to invest in software that taps into your courthouse and retrieves data. You can go physically to your courthouse, but who wants to do that when there is software that will.
I use 2 resources:
"RESS" Real Estate Success Software- its $39.95/month, its nation wide as long as your local courthouse is online- typically is than not. Geared more towards rehabbers than wholesalers but can be used for both.
"CRSdata" the software is only in certain markets. They do not service everywhere. Defiantly more expensive, I pay yearly so I cannot remember exactly but I think like $120/month +/- and you only get like 1-3 counties with that price. So, its not a lot of markets. But, its fast, its clean, its geared towards wholesaling- which is what I do.
I prefer to have both, because than I have access to search multiple different ways. I would suggest you find something similar to your market.