All Forum Posts by: Alex Benazet

Quote from @Eliott Elias:

Your county will be the best source. Depending on how sophisticated they are you can request them in excel format to your email. 

Yep I have been doing some digging, but seems very antiquated.

Quote from @Eric Greenberg:

Philadelphia county does a good job of providing but I have found it tougher for the surrounding counties. I usually have to go to that specific areas sites and poke around to find the data if it can be found at all. 

I've gotten to this page for probate, and it's saying I need specifically the name of the person / time they died to obtain a record. 

https://www.phila.gov/services...

Do you know of a browsable database for Philly that has probate records? 

Quote from @Marc Maitre:

Have you tried going straight to the county clerk for those departments and seeing if you can pull more data? or if you are out of state paying a birdodg to go do that.  

Yes I've been Googling the county clerk for different areas and exploring the different websites. Thanks

Hi All - It seems to me that all the counties I have looked at in Eastern PA have a minimal amount of readily available, easily accessible public data when it comes to liens, foreclosures, any sort of sign of distress. I've been using Batch as well as Prop Stream to try and filter out owners with some sign of distress, but the results for large areas are some times in the single or double digits, not enough to truly target on a mass scale.

Question is - is this how it is in other areas of the country, or is there a way to access data that I'm not thinking of? For example, surely there has to be more than 11 people in Cumberland County PA with liens over $1,000? Or 40 properties in foreclosure? Is it really going town by town and checking their websites?

Any help or insight is appreciated! Looking mostly in the Greater Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas.

@Eric 

@Eric Vlahos just seeing this thread now, because I'm researching electronic laundry options. Thanks for this info!

In my experience, most people who sell you lists aren't any better than what you can pull on your own. I would suggest partnering with someone who has access to the MLS in the area you're looking for, learning to pull direct public records data, and then skip tracing it yourself. https://batchskiptracing.com/ works just fine. All of this is pretty learnable and will save you money vs. buying lists. I would take the money saved on buying lists and put it into hiring a cold caller to hit as many numbers as possible. 

Hey @Troy Palmer - I am an investor in the Philly area and also run a company that has inventory of investment and turnkey properties. Happy to answer any questions you may have. Feel free to send me a PM. 

I'm not sure what they would say, but reach out to TruMark Credit Union. They have answered my questions in the past and are easy to work with. 

Hey Justin - welcome to the forum. Feel free to connect as we do a lot of work in the Greater Philadelphia Area. 

Hi @Santiago Martinez - I help run a company down in Philadelphia that does similar work that you are doing. At one point we were looking at investing in the Lehigh Valley area. Happy to jump on a call anytime - send me a PM.