Every deal's Property Data tab is its public-records file: who owns the property, what it's worth on paper, what it sold for, what's owed on it, and what the building actually is. It's research scoped to the deal — no separate lookup needed.
The sections
- Overview — the summary: value vs debt, property basics, location, owner snapshot, key features.
- Ownership — the current owner and the people connected to them, with a skip-trace action to get contact details; plus a portfolio view: how much they own, total value and equity, and their other linked properties — often the real prize, since one motivated owner can mean several deals.
- Financial — assessed value and taxes, estimated equity and debt, mortgage history, and foreclosure activity where present.
- Sales / MLS / Comps — recorded sales history, past listings, and nearby comparables (covered in depth in Use Sales & Rent Comps).
- Location — map and street view, parcel and jurisdiction details, flood-zone and community context, schools.
- Building — rooms, structural details, and features from the public record.
Where this data comes from
County public records, listing data, and commercial data providers — assembled per property when you open the tab, and cached briefly (about a day) so repeat visits are fast. Coverage genuinely varies by county and property: some recorders are thorough, others sparse or slow. An empty section is usually honest, not broken — see Why Some Property Data May Be Missing.
Using it in your underwriting
- Sanity-check the story. Last sale price and date, owner tenure, and estimated equity tell you whether the seller's narrative holds up.
- Check taxes. The assessed value and current taxes feed directly into how you should think about your expense assumptions — especially where a sale triggers reassessment.
- Read the debt. Estimated mortgage balance vs value frames what the seller can actually accept.
- Work the owner. For off-market deals, Ownership + skip trace is your outreach starting point.
Common questions
- "The owner shows as an LLC." — Common for investor-owned property; the ownership view surfaces connected people where records support it, and a skip trace digs further.
- "The estimated value disagrees with my number." — Estimates are modeled from public records; your underwriting and the comps evidence are the better judge.
- "Records were just filed — will they show?" — Data is cached for about a day; a later revisit can pick up fresh filings.
