Driving for dollars question

[Alec Anderson]

Hello,

I've started driving for dollars around my local area in East Ridge and Chattanooga, TN and have began to accumulate a list of vacant looking properties. Sometimes when I look them up on the tax assessor website I get the name of an owner occupant, and then I'll google their name and find an obituary.. How do others proceed in this situation? Is their information on who to contact at the courthouse or online somewhere? Would I mail the house a letter and hope it gets forwarded to someone? Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

[Jack Bobeck]

@Alec Anderson Good question. You could send a letter to the home, see if it gets returned to you. This only costs 46 cents and your time. Or you could use a service like "Find the seller dot com", they used to charge 20 bucks for a full search. They have bulk rates if you plan to do a lot of this. 

You can always go to the neighbors next door and ask them. Make sure you have some cards, showing you are an investor, not something else. Best of luck to you!