How to Find Someone with Their Address (2023)

There might be many reasons why we want to know who’s living at a certain address – maybe you are trying to reconnect with a childhood neighbor, or maybe you see a home you want to live in and try to contact the house owner. Either cases, you’d need to run a reverse address lookup.

This post will show you how to do this online and get detailed background information of the property owner without being overwhelmed by irrelevant webpages.

1. Use a Reverse Address Lookup Tool

A dedicated reverse address lookup tool, such as BeenVerified, Social Catfish, and Spokeo, are your best bet to search for background information about someone based on where they live.

Just type the address into the search engine, and it will compile information associated with the address, including background information of the person who lives there, the property owner.

We’ll use BeenVerified for this tutorial, but you can use other people search tools as well.

Step 1: Go to the BeenVerified Address Lookup page.

Step2: Enter the address you want to look for and click Search.

Step 3: Look through the list of possible owners and find the closest match.

Note that BeenVerified is a subscription-based service. You’ll need to pay for a background report, which might include the person’s full name, age, contact details, court records, sex offender information, and many more when available.

2. Search for Public Records

If you want to know who owns a property that you’re interested in, you can also search for online public records. This may take some time and effort, but it’s totally free!

You can start with the county property assessor. Just Google your county name and property assessor to see if they have a website where you can search for property tax records.

For example, you can search for “la property assessor” in Google and go to Los Angeles County Assessor website. Then type the address in the search field and hit SEARCH. This will give you the name of the people who own the house and how much tax they pay.

Similarly, you can also find the property owner by checking with the county clerk. The county clerk’s office has documents associated with the property, deeds, and other useful information.

3. Use Google or Social Media

If you know a few web tricks, a simple search with common search engines such as Google, Bing, Duckduckgo can also bring up valuable information such as the property owner’s name, email address or even phone number.

Simply type the address into different search engines to see if you can find any useful information associated with it. While the information you found may not be 100% accurate or updated, this easy method can sometimes uncover information about the property – which can be extremely helpful when you’re considering buying the house.

If a web search doesn’t give you much insights, you can also search for the address in social media like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Yelp, etc.

Conclusion

There are many ways to conduct a reverse address search. Depends on whether you want to spend your time or your money finding the information.

If you don’t have time or patience searching through all the pages and you want accurate results, start with a reverse address lookup tool. If you prefer free ways, check out how to search for public records and use Google or social media to find the information you need.

By Ellie Zhuang

Ellie has been writing about technology since 2019. Her early passion for adventure novels, games, and videos fueled a deep curiosity for solving real-world puzzles.Writing gives her a chance to nourish this curiosity, allowing her to delve deep into the vast depths of the internet, emerging with treasure troves of information and then sharing her findings with people who need the information to solve their everyday challenges. Her innate problem-solving nature keeps her on a perpetual quest for tech solutions, online shopping tips, and life hacks that sprinkle a bit of magic into our daily routines. At Super Easy, she has been crafting how-tos, guides, and product roundups, making both our professional and personal lives a whole lot simpler.Apart from writing, she's also a talent scout, on a mission to unearth hidden gems of creativity by recruiting new writers for the team. On top of that, she takes on the role of managing communications with our valued partners.When she's not weaving words, you'll find her enjoying sitcom marathons, exploring virtual reality adventures on her Quest 2, and unleashing her culinary creativity in the kitchen. It's all part of her quest to make life more enjoyable, both on and offline.

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