That much you already knew.The job of the court clerks is to archive public files, but it's generally doesn't require them to compile lists for commercial use.

I agree with the diversification, but nevertheless, oil talks in Houston.We have been tracking the rental market for the past 8 years and has compiled a live Rental Market report covering all major metropolitan areas in the nation.Apparently Houston is not yet feeling the heat from the falling oil prices as the rental market finished 2014 strong with an average of 11% rent increase over the past year.Is so appears that the past 12 month trends have been inching up every month across all bedroom types from Studio to 5 bedroom apartments and houses.Rental Price movement over time is an important index that shows the market sentiment, and for Houstonians this sentiment might soon start to change with the announced job cuts from major oil companies.I have talked to a couple of local real estate investors and they have also started to be anxious in anticipation of the oil market impact on Houston’s job market and moved to hold position, down from the feverish buying spree that has occurred over the summer.

Do you mean compiling a list of all transactions that have closed with the buyer paying cash?

There isn't one good data source for all of those, you have to look around and compile a variety of sources from Federal, State, and Local Government sources, mainly. 

But the goal is to compile all the major personal and economic forces.

Do your own compiling of sales comps, for sale comps, and rental comps.  

The topic of discussion is how to find deals.So far we have compiled the following ways to find deals:-Start a Facebook group-Call bandit signs-Sites like webuyhousescash.com-Look in your mailbox for ads-Tv ads-Sites like homevestors.com-word of mouth networkingI would just like to find out more information about what other people have used in order to generate leads for their business. 

You can find more details here (note that the figures are quite old from this link, so Jon S. must have a more recent post or data to compile  https://www.extension.harvard.edu/inside-extension/how-use-real-estate-trends-predict-next-housing-bubbleInteresting theory.

Did you ever compile your checklist? 

All Texas cities (Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Dallas) rank in the top 6 of those list when compiled.