Determining Equity

[Alain Perez-Majul]

Hi all, question:

If I've put together a driving for dollars list, what is the best way of determining possible equity in the property? I have access to Realist, and there's SOME information you can gather from the tax records, but not all homes have it, and it has proven to be quite time consuming (for example, if it says it was bought/refi-ed at 27k in 2011, I can run it through a mortgage calculator to get an idea of what current equity might be). However, is there an easier and quicker way to do it, or is this as best as it's going to get?

For those who don't an idea what I'm talking about when I say Realist, what way do you use to figure out equity in a property?

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