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Off-market & distressed property guides

How investors find off-market deals in public records (pre-foreclosures, tax sales, bank-owned homes, absentee owners) and how to qualify them before making an offer. Guides about one state's law say so in the title.

How to find off-market properties from public recordsHow to find off-market properties in any state from public records: which filings signal a seller, how to underwrite the…Pre-foreclosure list: how to build one from public recordsHow pre-foreclosure works in court-foreclosure and trustee-sale states, which public records start a list, and how to ra…Motivated seller leads: finding owners who need to sellWhere motivated seller leads show up in public records in any state, which signals point to distressed owners, and how t…Absentee owner lists: how to build one, then make it smallerBuild an absentee owner list from county tax records, check owner occupancy the way each state marks it, then narrow it …Wholesaling leads from the public recordWhere wholesale real estate leads come from, how to estimate a distressed owner's equity from public records, and how to… How Propertiz worksHow records are matched to properties, how leads are scored and how often the Sell Probability model is right. Counties we coverWhat Propertiz includes in each county today, and which counties are coming next.

Florida guides

How to find off-market properties in FloridaHow to find off-market properties in Florida from public records: which filings signal a seller, how to underwrite them,…Wholesaling leads in Florida, from the public recordWhere wholesale real estate leads in Florida come from, how to qualify them against what Florida landlords will pay, and…Pre-foreclosure list for Florida: how lis pendens leads workHow Florida pre-foreclosure works, where each county's lis pendens records live, and how to build a ranked pre-foreclosu…Motivated seller leads in Florida: finding owners who need to sellFind motivated seller leads in Florida from public records: which signals matter, how to rank distressed owners, and how…Absentee owner lists in Florida: build one, then make it smallerBuild an absentee owner list in Florida from Property Appraiser data, then narrow it to out-of-state Jacksonville owners…

Indiana guides

Distressed property investing in Indiana: the public-records playbookIndiana distressed property playbook: court foreclosure, the annual tax sale, code cases, where each record lives, and w…Indiana tax sale list: how the sale works and how to use the listHow Indiana's annual tax sale works, what unredeemed means, the risks, and how to build an owner list from Marion County…

Ohio guides

Distressed property investing in Ohio: a public-records playbookHow distressed Ohio owners show up in court, tax and code records, which county office keeps each record, and what an in…Ohio sheriff sale list: how sales work and how to build oneHow Ohio sheriff sales are noticed and run, from the appraisal and minimum bid to the court's final say, and how to buil…

Texas guides

Distressed property investing in Texas: a public-records playbookWhere distress shows up in Texas public records, from trustee sales and tax suits to evictions and 311 requests, and how…Texas foreclosure list: building one from trustee sale noticesBuild a Texas foreclosure list from the trustee sale notices every county posts online: first-Tuesday timing, reading a … Duval County zoning guideAll 95 zoning districts in Jacksonville and the beaches: what's allowed and how many units fit. DSCR calculatorPayment, DSCR and the most you can pay for a rental to qualify, with each state's typical rates. BlogCounty and state stories: new markets, local records and what they show investors.

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