Try the recorder search, if there was: http://www.mcad-tx.org/html/records.html Your best bet may be to just call the appraisal district and ask for help: http://www.mcad-tx.org/index.html Actually, after playing around for a while with everything I could find I stumbled onto over 150+ of the auction properties with their real physical addresses between Harris/Montgomery.

Doing the make ready yourself when it's vacant, or paying someone else means it either cost you a month of vacancy or most of the $1300.For some strange reason in Harris County lenders tend to OVERESCROW for taxes the first year, and then the taxes will be real low when the bill comes because it will have been taxed as a vacant lot, which means they'll cut your escrow in the second year, then jump it way up again in the third year.

@Jarrett Harris Exactly how I saw it.

@Don Harris and @Rodney Marcantel Thank you!

Others recommend Peter Harris.  

Originally posted by @Jake Harris: Hey Jim,First of all congrats on more than getting your feet wet and just jumping in with both feet.

From what others have posted they are not accurate.Zillow is a product, figures lie and liars figure, Harry Homeowner doesn't have a clue what his house is worth and for whatever reason he needs a valuation, there is Zillow to give him an answer.

@Jarrett Harris to clarify, is this a building you just bought and you are getting it ready to rent, OR have you had it rented before and are just repairing things.

Hi, I recently converted my mom's old house into a rental property in Houston TX (Harris county and it’s somewhat near the gulf).

@Austin Harris  Welcome to BP, and to the group of us West Michigan people on here!