All Forum Posts by: Daniel W Finley

My business partner and I trying to do RE wholesaling in the Spokane area. We called the county courthouse to get a tax delinquent list, and the clerk said that the list doesn't not have address, costs a lot, and you must sign a promise stating that you will not use the info as a mailing list. My question is, doesn't that make the county records useless in looking for leads? Is the law simply that you can't directly import county records into a mailing list, but can make a smaller list from it? How can you make a mailing list if there are no addresses? 

I know it's kind of a silly question, we're just beginners. Would appreciate any help. I'm pretty confused by it. Thanks

I was trying to find some tax delinquent properties (or any deals) in my county, and so started with the county website. The website, and county worker, both said that any list or listing by the county cannot be used as a part of a mailing list or as a marketing tool, and that doing so would violate both state and federal law.

How then do people come up with tax delinquent lists? Isn't it illegal? Is there a way around it? Is that just peculiar to my county? I live and am searching in Kootenai county, Idaho by the way.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.