Absentee Owners

[Jonathan Halliday]

Hello, good day. I was searching the forums to a answer to this question I have. Didn't have any luck. The question though is where do you find absentee owners because I believe that's why they call them absentee because they're no where to be found. I read a couple BP Podcasts and the advice I took from them where some good direct mail leads come from; divorce, absentee owners, estate sales, or bankruptcy. If I do find a buyer that wants to purchase their home, who is going to let me in the property. All comments are welcomed. Thank You.

[Beverly Buella]

Jonathan,

"Absentee owners" refers to anyone who owns a property and doesn't live in the property. You can use a list provider like Listsource to get you a list of absentee owners or if you have MLS access you can pull the list yourself. Another way you can find an owner is using public records to find the name of the owner. You can google the person to see if they died or if there's any info out there regarding the owner. You can also use a source like People Finders or anything similar, to find a relative of an owner and contact the relative.

Hope this helps.

Good luck-

Bev