Propertiz reads Collin County's public records every night: unpaid taxes, code cases and permits. It ties each record to one of the county's parcels (there are about 470,000) and ranks the owners in Plano and the rest of the county who may have a reason to sell.
- Every parcel and owner from the Collin Central Appraisal District, about 470,000 parcels, with living area and year built; bedrooms are estimated from living area
- Unpaid property taxes from the County Tax Office's weekly delinquent tax roll, including accounts already in a tax lawsuit
- City of Plano property-standards violations
- Recent building permits on file with the appraisal district
- HUD market rents and DSCR at your purchase price (equity shows as unknown, since Texas doesn't disclose sale prices)
Not yet included: Foreclosure notices; Recorded mortgages, liens and deeds; Probate filings and court foreclosure cases; Evictions; Code cases outside the City of Plano; Bathroom counts; Sale prices (Texas does not disclose them).
Where the data comes from
| Record | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Parcels and owners | Collin CAD Open Data on data.texas.gov (Socrata) | every day |
| Unpaid property taxes | Collin County Tax Office delinquent tax roll | every week |
| Code enforcement | City of Plano property-standards violations | every day |
| Building permits | Collin CAD Building Permits (countywide, last 3 years) | every day |
How distress shows up in Texas
Texas allows both court foreclosures and out-of-court trustee sales, so a property can show up as a lawsuit with a lis pendens or as a recorded sale notice, depending on the loan.
Texas sells tax-delinquent property at a tax sale, and the owner keeps a right to redeem for a period after the sale.
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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