Filtering by Building Condition (BLDGCOND) in Tax Record Data

[Mike C.]

I'm trying to filter down a list of tax record-based data (currently for properties in Snohomish County, WA) for a direct mail marketing campaign, targeting absentee owners with motivation and no mortgage.

One field in the tax record data is BLDGCOND (building condition).  Do any other folks recommend filtering their mailing lists down by this parameter to only conditions which are less than ideal (e.g., very poor, poor, fair)?

My thinking is that this would allow me to target properties where there is high value-add potential, and there may be more motivation due to the property being in sub-par condition.

I'm unsure of the criteria used to make the determination of building condition, how often the determination of condition is made, and whether there are any other gotchas where the parameter may not be representative of the actual condition.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Mike