Dallas-Fort Worth Real Estate Investor Club

How to find owners

  • 02 Nov 2016 6:52 AM
    Message # 4360588
    Deleted user

    Hello all,

    I am having trouble finding the owner for a boarded up home.   Does anyone know of a reasonably priced service that can help track down missing owners?


    Thanks


  • 03 Nov 2016 10:30 AM
    Reply # 4362744 on 4360588

    In what county is the property? Every county has some kind of Central Appraisal where you can look up the property owner. If its in Dallas go to www.dallascad.org.


  • 03 Nov 2016 9:17 PM
    Reply # 4363580 on 4360588

    Donlen,

    Have you tried placing a FOR SALE sign in the front yard with your number on it?  That's about as cheap as it gets and may provide you with the owner plus build your buyers list.


  • 04 Nov 2016 7:57 AM
    Reply # 4364123 on 4360588
    Deleted user

    @ Phillip - yep tried that


    @tim - good idea.  As robin says worst that can happen is get a irate call


    Thanks both

  • 04 Nov 2016 11:23 AM
    Reply # 4364544 on 4360588
    Once you have the name you look to see if the have anything else in their name. You can also use the legal description of the property to do a background search and see what other names are attached to the property. As well you can look at property taxes to see who is paying them.

    There are also many websites that you can use to locate the persons phone number if you have a name and address. 

    I have done all this many times. Sometimes its a dead end but once in a while you can find them.

    Good luck.

  • 05 Nov 2016 6:14 AM
    Reply # 4365516 on 4360588

    Have you tried this site?  https://thatsthem.com/



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