I go through my vast database of owners to source the best properties to buy and do not focus on the listing side.

Both Fannie and Freddie have an online database for lenders to show which loans are delinquent.

The lawn got out of control and because the property owner information hadn't been updated in the city's database yet, San Jose sent me a letter after someone complained (forwarded to me by the Post Office).The letter said I had so many days to remedy the situation and the city would send out an inspector to check.

Try to build your database.

@Ned Carey So, looking it up on the SDAT database, I think it was created "02 July 1982 or later" according to the form.

They give you unlimited access to their database of phone numbers and emails for a flat fee (~$1k per year).

Start building a database in your mind for roughly what stuff lists for and what it sells for. 

I would also run the addresses through the enforcement database and ensure that there is no pending demo order or some other insidious board of health issue. 

Hi there ,I am not understanding how to find leads and off market deals using the Orange County data base and the courthouse.

I went from job A as a database admin to job B as a database admin.