Propertiz reads Hillsborough County's public records every night: recorded documents, liens, mortgages, foreclosure cases, foreclosure sales, probate filings, evictions and code cases. It ties each record to one of the county's parcels (there are about 527,000) and ranks the owners in Tampa and the rest of the county who may have a reason to sell.
- Every parcel and owner from the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser, about 527,000 parcels
- New mortgage-foreclosure cases from the Clerk's daily civil filings, usually the day after filing
- Lis pendens, foreclosure judgments, certificates of title and county and city liens from the Clerk's daily recorded-documents index
- Foreclosure judgments, dismissals and completed foreclosure sales from the Clerk's case files
- Open code-enforcement cases and code-fine liens in unincorporated Hillsborough County
- New probate estate filings from the Clerk, every business day
- New eviction filings from the Clerk's daily civil filings, usually the day after filing
- The zoning district of every parcel from the Property Appraiser (district rules for Tampa and unincorporated Hillsborough County are not yet verified against the codes)
- Equity estimates, HUD market rents and DSCR at your purchase price
Not yet included: Upcoming foreclosure auction dates; City of Tampa code-enforcement cases; Tax-deed sales; Tax-delinquent properties; Recorded mortgage balances (the Clerk's index lists mortgages without amounts).
Where the data comes from
| Record | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Parcels and owners | Hillsborough PA (HCPA) layer | every night |
| Recorded documents (lis pendens, judgments, liens) | Hillsborough Clerk daily OR index files | every day |
| Liens | Code-enforcement liens recorded by Hillsborough County and its cities (Clerk daily OR index) | every day |
| Mortgages and satisfactions | Recorded mortgages and satisfactions (Clerk daily index) | every day |
| Foreclosure cases | Daily civil filings CSV (new foreclosure cases) | every day |
| Foreclosure sales | Daily foreclosure-sale escrow report (Clerk PDF) | every day |
| Probate estates | Daily probate filings CSV | every day |
| Evictions | Clerk daily civil filings — new eviction cases | every day |
| Code enforcement | Hillsborough County code cases (ArcGIS) | every day |
| Zoning districts | Hillsborough PA (HCPA) zoning district on every parcel | every night |
Zoning: Hillsborough County, FL (CC BY 4.0).
How distress shows up in Florida
In Florida, foreclosure goes through the courts. The lender files a foreclosure lawsuit in the county court, the court enters a judgment, and the property is sold at a public auction run by the clerk or the sheriff. Each step is a public record, so an owner's situation shows up months before a sale, while there is still time to sell on their own terms.
Unpaid property taxes in Florida are sold as tax certificates; if the owner doesn't redeem in time, the certificate holder can apply for a tax deed, which ends in the owner losing the property.
Every record is matched to a single property before it counts, then each property is underwritten as a rental: estimated value, equity, HUD market rent and DSCR at your purchase price. A lead's score explains itself, signal by signal, so you can see why an owner made the list.
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