That will do 2 things, first if the collection agency doesn't respond to your dispute within the set timeframe then you can have negative entry removed form your credit report.

I am buying a bankruptcy list from Melissa Data to market for real estate deals and they asked me if I wanted to filter my list "Open Filings," "Dismissed," or "Discharged."

The key question to ask is "what is the ratio of assessed value to true market value in this community" The tax man often tracks this by taking all the sales that occur and compare them to their assessments.In extreme cases I have seen City's in upstate NY which had a ratio of assessment to true market value of 20%, which is to say if they say a property is worth $20,000, it may actually have a market value of $100,000Where computers have helped track market data, and market conditions (and the high taxes on properties) are a big deal in a lot of communities, many places, such as here in Mass, re-assess very frequently in attempt to keep taxes fair.

The year is 1999 and you have $200,000 to invest.An entry level SFR 3bed/2.5 bath for a 10-15 year old SFR in Irvine trades in the low $300s whereas new construction in Temacula and Murietta starts under $180k for new SFRs built on larger lots 4bed/2.5.

Tim,  I've owned it about 14 months now and it has been going well, although 14 months isn't a long data set I think that is about how it will trend.

I'm hoping someone can clear up discrepencies on my tax payer site where I'm finding owners and addresses. If you care to investigate you can find this through Assessor Site.

I have located one property, 1401...

Checked some data and it seems that some of them were bought in 2005 -2006 at about the triple current price.Tax values and zillow estimates are way above asking prices.

Oh and for marketing you are right that it would not make much sense to do it the way you typically here it getting thrown about on BP.That is because it is mostly wholesalers that need to find a lot of deals and keep a constant stream of really good deals in the pipeline.If you are only looking to buy 1-2 properties in a year, or something like that, to add to your portfolio you just scale it back.You can get a list of absentee owners from MLS data, or from a title company or if you have to buy a list it should be a fairly cheap one since it is easy to get the data.

At the higher end - desktops all the way up to the servers that process all your data - Intel is the big dog.An interesting book on this topic is "The Innovator's Dilemma" by Clayton Christensen.

I no longer have MLS access so i have to rely on Realtor.com and others just to find rents in areas and asking prices and recently sold data.