Propertiz reads Orange County's public records every night: liens, tax sales and code cases. It ties each record to one of the county's parcels (there are about 492,000) and ranks the owners in Orlando and the rest of the county who may have a reason to sell.
- Every parcel and owner from the Orange County Property Appraiser, about 492,000 parcels
- City of Orlando and Orange County code violations
- Code liens from the City of Orlando
- Upcoming tax-deed sales from the Orange County Comptroller, with sale dates
- Delinquent real estate taxes from the Tax Collector's yearly certificate-sale list
- Absentee-owner and estimated-equity signals
- HUD market rents and DSCR at your purchase price
Not yet included: Foreclosure filings: lis pendens, judgments and certificates of title; Foreclosure sale dates; Recorded mortgages (mortgage balances are estimated); Probate filings and evictions.
Coverage is partial: code violations and liens today; foreclosure filings once the Comptroller's records delivery arrives.
Where the data comes from
| Record | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Parcels and owners | Orange PA (OCPA) layer | every night |
| Liens | City of Orlando code liens (code enforcement cases in Lien / Foreclose status) | every day |
| Tax-deed and tax-lien sales | Orange County Comptroller tax-deed sales (upcoming sale dates, County open data) | every week |
| Code enforcement | City of Orlando code enforcement cases (Socrata k6e8-nw6w) | every day |
| Zoning districts | Orange PA (OCPA) zoning code (Orlando and county rules) | every night |
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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