Quick Way to Research Apartment Buildings?

[Alvin Grier]

Is there a website somewhere that I could use research addresses to find out the number of units (as well as the property type)?

The Land Use codes are very intermingled in the county I operate-within, so I can't go by that alone.

There's a Realtor in our office, so we are able to look subject properties up on the MLS, but that is pretty useless unless there's a picture provided in Realcomp.

I need a quick way to find out the number of units a property has, but I've yet to find a single, reliable place where I can obtain this information.

I get presented with 123 Main St (for example), and I we may get lucky and see some pictures in Realcomp (which helps), but if there are no pictures, I have yet to find a quick way to find out

1) What kind of property 123 Main St. is, b/c the land use code associated with it encompasses apartments, strip malls, and everything else into one code

2) The number of units a building has

Sometimes I'll get lucky and find an old loopnet listing that may help, but that's a crap shoot.

Do you know of a place where I can quickly obtain these two pieces of information on a particular property so I can save time and headache?