Propertiz reads Montgomery County's public records every night: foreclosure cases, foreclosure sales and code cases. It ties each record to one of the county's parcels (there are about 273,000) and ranks the owners in Dayton and the rest of the county who may have a reason to sell.
- Every parcel and owner from the Montgomery County Auditor, about 273,000 parcels, with bedrooms, baths and year built
- New mortgage and tax foreclosure filings from the Clerk of Courts' monthly report
- Vacant and severely deteriorated homes from the City of Dayton's housing-condition survey
- City of Dayton housing-code complaints about vacant, structurally failing or uninhabitable houses
- Completed foreclosure sales from the Clerk of Courts' excess-funds list
- Equity estimates, HUD market rents and DSCR at your purchase price
Not yet included: Unpaid property taxes; Sheriff sale dates and foreclosure judgments; Code-enforcement cases outside the City of Dayton; Recorded mortgages; Probate filings; Evictions.
Where the data comes from
| Record | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Parcels and owners | Montgomery County Auditor parcels (county GIS) | every month |
| Foreclosure cases | Clerk of Courts monthly report of new mortgage and tax foreclosure cases | every month |
| Foreclosure sales | Clerk of Courts excess-funds list (completed foreclosure sales) | every month |
| Code enforcement | City of Dayton housing-code complaints (vacant, structurally failing and uninhabitable houses) | every week |
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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