Propertiz reads Tarrant County's public records every night: code cases. It ties each record to one of the county's parcels (there are about 715,000) and ranks the owners in Fort Worth and the rest of the county who may have a reason to sell.
- Every parcel and owner from the Tarrant Appraisal District roll, about 715,000 parcels, with living area and year built; bedrooms are estimated from living area
- City of Fort Worth code-violation cases
- City of Arlington code complaints
- 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; Unpaid property taxes and tax sales; Probate filings and court foreclosure cases; Evictions; Code cases outside Fort Worth and Arlington; Bathroom counts; Sale prices (Texas does not disclose them).
Where the data comes from
| Record | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Parcels and owners | Tarrant Appraisal District (TAD) appraisal roll (open GIS layers) | on its own schedule |
| Code enforcement | City of Fort Worth code violation cases | every day |
Code violations: City of Fort Worth open data (CFW Code Violations Table), CC BY 4.0. Code complaints: City of Arlington open data (opendata.arlingtontx.gov), Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Parcels: Tarrant Appraisal District (gis-tad.opendata.arcgis.com), CC-BY
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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