Real Estate Investor · Weston, FL · Member since 2013 · 24 posts · 1 vote
Hi BP community,
I found a property that will make a sweet deal but when I drove this afternoon
to the house it was vacant. What are your recommendations in order to find the property owner ?
to find telephone numbers I usually find http://people.switchboard.com, any other websites you recommend?
a friend also advice me to use a skip tracer, do you have any recommendation for the south florida / Broward County area?? and how long do they usually take, the deal is time sensitive
Real Estate Professional · West Palm Beach, FL · Member since 2012 · 23k+ posts · 13k+ votes
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Ira Smith I assume he checked the Broward property appraiser's site for a different mailing address, as they have the same doc.s online that we do. I think he's looking for a skip trace service, probably because the records show the vacant property as owner's only address.
BTW hey neighbor.
Real Estate Investor · Weston, FL · Member since 2013 · 24 posts · 1 vote
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Ibrahim S I was able to find the owner and I am know in the process of negotiating for the property.
But usually I will wait to talk to the owner first to see how much they owe( if they are motivated they are wiling to give all the info) instead of doing a limited lien without really knowing if I will be buying the property
Real Estate Consultant · Bloomfield, NJ · Member since 2010 · 2k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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Originally posted by Nicolas Pretelt:
Ibrahim S I was able to find the owner and I am know in the process of negotiating for the property.
But usually I will wait to talk to the owner first to see how much they owe( if they are motivated they are wiling to give all the info) instead of doing a limited lien without really knowing if I will be buying the property
thanks
Great to hear.
I deal with a lot of vacant and abandoned properties. I like to do a lien search first in most cases because I like to understand why the property may be vacant. I may need to address the reason for the vacancy in my marketing to them. To each his own I guess. I've just been in too many situations where I've sent them bunch of letters to sellers that fail to clear up an obstacle they may have put up in their mind as to why they cant' or won't sell the property (i.e. they think they have to pay off the delinquent taxes first and don't have the money).