My fiance and I found a house we are interested in and want to contact the owner and ask if they would do a rent to own program as we are first time buyers the home has been for sale for a long time. How do we find out how to contact the owner? The home is being sold as is, what is our first step? We have not yet viewed the inside only seen it from the outside and it fits all our needs. Please point us in the right direction. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank You.
Your county tax office will have the legal owners name and address.
Although most bank owned properties are sold as is, it doesn’t mean this property is bank owned. Some sellers have neither the means or inclination to do any repairs, therefore selling the home as it sits.
November 4th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Call the number on the for sale sign. If it’s a real estate sign, the owner doesn’t want to be bothered and you will need to go through the agent. If it’s for sale by owner, there’s your answer. You can look into county records, but all you may do is piss the owner off. Going through proper channels is your best bet
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November 4th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
If you can’t get them by the FOR SALE sign, then try your county court house, records dept. they should be able to point you in the right direction.
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November 4th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I’ve found that, in my market at least, if a home is being sold as is, it means it’s in foreclosure and the bank owns it and there’s nobody to discuss it with anyway. So the best bet, to find out, is like the previous post said, call the listing agent and ask them if the "owner" would be willing to do this type of financing (it’s quite risky to a home owner, so chances are unless they advertise it that way, they won’t) and then go from there.
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November 4th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Your county tax office will have the legal owners name and address.
Although most bank owned properties are sold as is, it doesn’t mean this property is bank owned. Some sellers have neither the means or inclination to do any repairs, therefore selling the home as it sits.
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Oregon Realtor
November 4th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Go knock on the door.
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