Propertiz reads Cuyahoga County's public records every night: evictions, unpaid taxes and code cases. It ties each record to one of the county's parcels (there are about 513,000) and ranks the owners in Cleveland and the rest of the county who may have a reason to sell.
- Every parcel and owner from the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer, about 513,000 parcels
- Unpaid property taxes from the Treasurer's balances on the same roll
- City of Cleveland building violations, condemnations and board-ups of vacant structures
- Cleveland Housing Court eviction cases, tied to the landlord's property when the landlord owns one parcel
- Equity estimates, HUD market rents and DSCR at your purchase price
Not yet included: Foreclosure filings; Sheriff sale dates; Code cases outside the City of Cleveland; Probate filings; Evictions outside the City of Cleveland; Recorded mortgage balances (mortgages are estimated).
Where the data comes from
| Record | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Parcels and owners | Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer parcels (county GIS Parcel Fabric layer) | every month |
| Evictions | Cleveland Housing Court eviction hearings | every day |
| Unpaid property taxes | Cuyahoga County Treasurer delinquent balances (Fiscal Officer parcel layer) | every day |
| Code enforcement | City of Cleveland building violations, condemnations and board-ups (Cleveland open data) | every day |
Zoning: City of Cleveland City Planning Commission (Open Database License).
Contains information from City of Cleveland Open Data (opendataCLE), made available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
How distress shows up in Ohio
In Ohio, 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.
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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