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Answers (8)
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- Paul Dinerstein, "Long Island NY"
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Kimberly,
Try calling the tax assessor. The name and mailing address of the owner is likely public information.
Try calling the tax assessor. The name and mailing address of the owner is likely public information.
- Hunter Law, "HunterLaw"
- Contributions:249
Look up the tax records to find the owner. If it is a foreclosure, you can google the banks contact information and make contact. I would encourage you to keep trying, if you don't get the information you need. Sometimes it is hard to get an answer right off the bat.
- Kimberly Davis, "KDD5819"
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Thank you everyone for your responses and your help.
- Pasadenan
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"There is no information as to whom to contact about it but it seems to be for sale." -
Why does it seem to be for sale? It seems to NOT be for sale.
Why not just read the details on the property home details page instead? It is extremely clear there. It even has a price history, indicating when it was listed on this site (if it was), and when the listings were removed, and what the source of the listing information is, and the sold price and date information from the public records.
There is no need to find the owner in the tax records if the property is not for sale.
And Richard is just plain wrong about contacting an owner directly when a property is listed! That is an outright violation of NAR code of ethics, and should get you fined, and maybe even lose your membership status.
Why does it seem to be for sale? It seems to NOT be for sale.
Why not just read the details on the property home details page instead? It is extremely clear there. It even has a price history, indicating when it was listed on this site (if it was), and when the listings were removed, and what the source of the listing information is, and the sold price and date information from the public records.
There is no need to find the owner in the tax records if the property is not for sale.
And Richard is just plain wrong about contacting an owner directly when a property is listed! That is an outright violation of NAR code of ethics, and should get you fined, and maybe even lose your membership status.
- Richard Breglia, "Richard Breglia"
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I would pull the tax card and contact the owners on file. Even if they are using a realtor and the property is for sale the agent seems to be doing a very poor job at marketing it. For that reason I wouldn't think they would get offended even if it was listed and you contacted the owners direct.
- Linda Moran, "listwithlindam"
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Look in the tax records for the name.
- Pasadenan
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By the way, a Google search of an address should not only return Zillow, but also Realtor.com, Redfin.com, and homes.com, even if not for sale.
(Apparently trulia has not provided good page indexes for the crawler, so their details page is not being found by Google).
As with all things Real Estate, and all contracts... read the details. After all, that is why the States mandate that agents be licensed.
Zillow also provides a "price history" so you can see when something was put on or taken off the market, and can see the sales transactions.
(Apparently trulia has not provided good page indexes for the crawler, so their details page is not being found by Google).
As with all things Real Estate, and all contracts... read the details. After all, that is why the States mandate that agents be licensed.
Zillow also provides a "price history" so you can see when something was put on or taken off the market, and can see the sales transactions.
- Pasadenan
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If it is for sale and "listed" it will say "For Sale" on the home details page, (not just "Zestimate" and "monthly payment").
And at the bottom of the page is the source of where the information came from for the listing.
From what you are stating, it "seems" to not be for sale, since if it was, you would have already found the contact info.
Besides, if there were no agents involved and it is not in the Multiple Listings, it would have likely stated "For Sale by OWNER" (or possibly "make me move"); in which case there is a contact link for E-mailing the owner. But if the owner has no interest in your offer, the owner has no obligation of any kind to respond to your communication.
A lot of people keep their second homes and vacation homes "unoccupied"; by that doesn't mean they want to sell it.
Also, please be aware that the "featured agents" listed on the home details pages are "advertisers" and have no connection to the property at all other than being in that area.
And at the bottom of the page is the source of where the information came from for the listing.
From what you are stating, it "seems" to not be for sale, since if it was, you would have already found the contact info.
Besides, if there were no agents involved and it is not in the Multiple Listings, it would have likely stated "For Sale by OWNER" (or possibly "make me move"); in which case there is a contact link for E-mailing the owner. But if the owner has no interest in your offer, the owner has no obligation of any kind to respond to your communication.
A lot of people keep their second homes and vacation homes "unoccupied"; by that doesn't mean they want to sell it.
Also, please be aware that the "featured agents" listed on the home details pages are "advertisers" and have no connection to the property at all other than being in that area.
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