Need Help -Finding out who owns apartment

Send a letter to "owner" at the address? Or give the letter to the door attendant with a tip to give it to the owner?

coop or condo?

Thanks for your advise SkinnyNsweet - I'll try it. The property is a coop.

check property records thru acris

if they bought before 2004, coops were not publicly recorded. You could search for phone numbers associated with the address for a name, and then send a letter. Use reverse directory.

I got lost in Acris. Not really user friendly, but maybe it's just me. I think they have had this property for some time, long before 2004, so I guess that eliminates an acris search. Thanks all for your input. I think I'll go with the a letter and tip to the doorman.. Many thanks

Good thread. SkinnyNsweet, what amount tip would you suggest? Presumably this would apply to asking after availabilities in targeted buildings as well?

I was thinking $20. Is this off base?

Is this reasonable??

lol...u kidding me? are u an idiot? send a letter to the address or drop a letter off with doorman. wow...man, you're not very resourceful are you

If you have a subscription, you may be able to identify the owner here on Streeteasy.

If you identify the owner, why tip the door attendant? FedEx/UPS isn't required to tip the doorman to deliver a package. Even if you didn't know the owner's name, hand deliver the letter and simply tell the attendant, "I'm dropping off this letter for 15F." Why are we assuming that a doorman will only do his/her job if he/she receives a tip. Now asking the doorman for the owner's name is another story.

First be sure she doesn't have a restraining order against you. You should really move on.

Poke around Google for 'reverse address' locator search engines. You will likely need to pay a fee for one that actually works but could be worth a try.

Thanks to all - with exception of jakedavid. Why so angry and abusive? The owner does not live in the apartment I was looking at, therefore cannot just post a letter. I'm going to drop the letter with the doorman and, if I don't hear back, then will take alanhart's advice and just move on.

If you really, really want to get the info, hire a private investigator. Most likely, PI could get this info in a few minutes by investigating the apt #.

Do a search for the property, apartment and address. If they are dumb as the rest of us, they have probably contributed to some politicians, and those records show up publicly.