I looked at all areas within an hour of my house based on fundamental aspects (universities, large institutions, etc).I then drilled down into the census data for a large amount of them to create ratios for comparison.

This strategy has paid off in SEO at the expense of having a single place and methodology for managing the sites.

Zillow took a look at recent data to determine markets where sellers have the power and those where buyers are in control.

The listing history on Redfin shows the home was bought out of auction in Aug. 2009 for $210K with no new sale data since.

I spoke with the gas company and they said that either one of the tenants could have bumped/hit the gas meter or a large truck could have driven down the street and activated it.

If the "Zestimate" (spit, gag, puke) is way off, I will post a pic showing Zillow's (spit) own data that shows how inaccurate their Zestimates (spit) are.

There are two possible ways to get the data.

There are other paid services that will provide data for all the trustee and tax sales in the county as well.

As one of the lone voices on several of those bank committees cautioning against increasing the bank's exposure to Countrywide, already at $50 billion at the time, I know no one wants to hear a contrarian, but..... my thought processes when evaluating a deal and why I'm not [yet] comfortable with the Preferred Returns / Target Returns presentation and methodology: 1.

citydata.com is a great resource to get an amazing array of information on demographics, employment, household size, commute times, bedrooms/unit, property type breakdown.. all census data and more..