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How to find data on Unit Mix of a property not listed for sale
First time poster here. Hi everyone!
I have designed a direct mail campaign to hit 5+ unit owners in a target city near me and I am running into a roadblock.
I have my farm of addresses and owner information but I have not found any data about the unit mix of properties; specifically the properties that have never been sold on the MLS.
I have used my county assessors website and paid for reports but have yet to get a report that even includes a room count let alone the mix of studios, 1 bd/1bas, 2 bds, etc...
I understand there are other strategies to direct mail (like yellow letters or similar one page letters) but my goal is to hit a specific city, 5 to 40 units and include a market rent analysis of their property in the package i send to owners.
Does anyone know of solid data sites or strategies for obtaining the unit mix of a building?
Thanks BP!
-Chris
I am a licensed RE agent in CA
Most Popular Reply

@Chris Scott A low-tech way of solving this problem is to "tour" the site by claiming you want to rent a unit. This is cumbersome but can be done if you hire people off Craigslist/other sites.