Propertiz reads Hamilton County's public records every night: foreclosure cases, unpaid taxes and code cases. It ties each record to one of the county's parcels (there are about 420,000) and ranks the owners in Cincinnati and the rest of the county who may have a reason to sell.
- Every parcel and owner from the Hamilton County Auditor's roll, about 420,000 parcels
- Unpaid property taxes on the Auditor's roll
- Open code-enforcement cases from Cincinnati and the county's shared system (Blue Ash, Norwood, Forest Park, Sycamore and more), including barricaded and condemned buildings
- Foreclosure cases on Cincinnati homes registered with the city's Vacant & Foreclosed Property Registration
- Vacant buildings licensed by the City of Cincinnati
- Equity estimates, HUD market rents and DSCR at your purchase price
Not yet included: Foreclosure filings on homes outside the city's registration (most occupied homes, the rest of the county); Sheriff sale dates; Probate filings; Evictions.
Where the data comes from
| Record | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Parcels and owners | Hamilton County Auditor parcels (CAGIS open data) | every month |
| Foreclosure cases | City of Cincinnati vacant & foreclosed property registrations | every day |
| Unpaid property taxes | Hamilton County Auditor roll — unpaid taxes (CAGIS parcel layer DELQ_TAXES) | every night |
| Code enforcement | Cincinnati & Hamilton County code enforcement (Socrata cncm-znd6) | every day |
Zoning: CAGIS / City of Cincinnati, provided as is.
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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