Comparing free real estate research
The free real property databases are extending their geographical coverage and the types of features that delight investigators. Zillow has a fly-on-the-cyber-wall feature that will be appreciated by...
View ArticleDatabase of the Day: California Escrow Agents’ Employees Disciplinary Actions
Search by name or partial name to find disciplinary actions by the California Department of Corporations against employees of escrow agents. Results provide full name, date of action and the...
View ArticleCalifornia AG Interprets Public Records Act to Allow Real Property Addresses...
A little noticed but potentially significant (for public records researchers) California Attorney General opinion was released a week ago. The opinion upends the almost universal interpretation of the...
View ArticleThis week in public records: California
A California appellate court has settled a public records case — the right of access to a Santa Clara County GIS parcel mapping database — in favor of the plaintiffs, the California First Amendment...
View ArticleFind Housing Authority Records
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds “Section 8” housing, — locally administered, publicly owned housing — usually multi-unit buildings that residents can apply to live in...
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Is the Asset a Manufactured Home?
Private Investigator Blog Is the Asset a Manufactured Home? Mobile home park It’s not a plane or real property but it’s an asset of value that someone lives in and holds title to. No, not a car. Real...
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Database of the Day: Oklahoma Multi-County Recorder Search
Private Investigator Blog Database of the Day: Oklahoma Multi-County Recorder Search This is the only site I’ve seen that aggregates the indexes of Recorder documents of multiple counties. The Oklahoma...
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Tennessee newspaper sells public records
Private Investigator Blog Tennessee newspaper sells public records It had to happen. Newspapers that publish public records databases have been attracting more viewers to their sites. I don’t know if...
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This week in public records: Oregon – Ohio – Wisconsin
Private Investigator Blog This week in public records: Oregon – Ohio – Wisconsin Complaints by residents in Oregon has lead to the removal of some property owner’s names from PortlandMaps, the city’s...
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This week in public records: New York – Minnesota – Vermont
Private Investigator Blog This week in public records: New York – Minnesota – Vermont The New York Court of Appeals supported the private real property data vendor, Data Tree, in its quest to secure an...
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