Advertise to them on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Google Ads for folks out of those areas with your own website.

Google your counties tax commissioner site, call, check on line for delinquent taxes lists.

A quick Google reveals that both MN and ND have some sort of TDR or conservation easement programs, although I couldn't find a home page for either.

After some googling I found out that the owner has died in 2008.

You can google them. 

No the cemetery will not affect the value since it isn't that close but the thing that is closer is the city sewage treatment plant and homeless shelter (google 40 Prado), on a windy day you may get some not so pleasant smells in that direction since the wind blows southeast mostly through the Los Osos Valley wind tunnel. 

Googling nearby REIAs can help build connections with local wholesalers ! 

I've googled this topic to the wits end and still no clue.  

This forum appeared multiple times after searching on Google as a good point of reference and it seems to have more people engaged in this niche so I figured I might as well join haha.  

@Dain Caesar This saves me time and money while prospecting for more deals i call it the "google drive for dollars"I simply take a target zip code/street in my investment area and begin to use google maps to walk up the street using my mouse to zoom in on any property that may look distressed.