PHONE NUMBER FLOW CHART

 

 

1)      FIND THE NAME AND ADDRESS FIRST

 

Win 2 Data tax rolls

 

Merlin

 

www.ss.ca.gov; business service center;   find records for;   go

 

Partnerships LLC & LTD Call 916-653-3365 

 

Corporations-Corporations prepaid status information account 916-653-1233

 

Title Company info-ask for customer service dept

 

Reading Grant Deeds- Mail tax statement to; transfer tax; complete text of grantee :acknowledgement county of grantor; the escrow company that closed the deal

 

Deed of Trust- Have the customer service department of Title Company read you the name and address of who signed the Trust Deed, check which county the Notary Acknowledgement was done in.

 

Fictitious business names or DBA’s- When someone opens a bank account to operate a property, the bank insists they have a DBA to open the account in that property name. To get a DBA you have to apply for, record with the recorders office and publish in a local newspaper 4 weeks in a row your name and the DBA. DBA info can be gotten from the county

 

Subscribe to the local newspaper

 

Go the building department and look at the property file

 

Ask the manager, ask the manager of other buildings

 

Ask the tenants, through Haines

 

Keep your eyes open in the office

 

 

 

2)      Get the Phone Numbers

 

Merlin

 

Select phone

 

411

 

 

http://www.555-1212.com/ 

http://www.anywho.com/whitepg.html 

http://www.peoplesearch.net/ 

http://superpages.com/ 

http://www.theultimates.com/white/ 

 When you have the address but not the phone Number http://www.qwestdex.com/cgi/search.fcg?form=advanced&from=      this is a reverse directory site 

 

 

      Selectphone disc

 

      Internet search engines- yahoo, excite, infousa, one source, hoovers

 

      Haines the address and call the nearby s

      “I’m trying to get a hold of____________, do you have his number?”

 

      Ask the manager

      “Hey who owns your property?” or “ Hey I’ve got a deal for sale not far from you can you tell me how to reach______________?” If he says just send it to me, leave your phone with the manager to give the owner, to call you.” Be sure you do have a deal to offer if you do this.

 

      Look on the lobby bulletin board, look in the rental office

      Ask the answering service

      Call and ask the tenants in this or other buildings they own

      Find alternate addresses of the owner thru other buildings they own in this or other counties by doing searches for their last name

      Find their home address using name in win 2 data, include other counties

      Look in ‘Comps ‘from when they bought it for phone number

      Get caller ID, so when clients call you back or blind you don’t even have to ask for their number.

       Call Vendors: If a building whose owner you can’t track has had a new roof recently, or new phone entry, or new paint job or anything, call that vendor and say “   Hey I’m gettting references for a client can you give me the number of someone you’ve worked for like_____________.”

 

       Go to Rent Control Board meetings

 

      Drive to the house or business

 

Check newspaper ads under Property managers or Apartment managers wanted these are often run by owners with their numbers

 

Apartment association memberships

 

Property management firm relationships

 

Go to City Council meetings and get the weekly agenda mailed to you