Propertiz reads Travis County's public records every night: evictions and code cases. It ties each record to one of the county's parcels (there are about 442,000) and ranks the owners in Austin and the rest of the county who may have a reason to sell.
- Every parcel and owner on the Travis Central Appraisal District roll, about 442,000 parcels, with living area and year built; bedrooms come from the roll where it has them and are estimated from living area elsewhere
- City of Austin code-complaint cases (property abatement, structure condition and land use)
- Eviction cases filed in the Justice of the Peace courts, tied to the landlord's property when the landlord owns one parcel (the court index has no street address)
- 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; Unpaid property taxes; Code cases outside the City of Austin; Sale prices (Texas does not disclose them).
Where the data comes from
| Record | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Parcels and owners | Travis Central Appraisal District (TCAD) appraisal roll | on its own schedule |
| Evictions | Travis County Justice of the Peace eviction filings | every day |
| Code enforcement | City of Austin code complaint cases | 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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