RE: Does anyone know how to do this?
May 15, 2012 at 11:52 pm
(This post was last modified: May 15, 2012 at 11:53 pm by Ziploc Surprise.)
(May 15, 2012 at 8:38 pm)jackman Wrote: i don't know anything about the legality, but you want to find the "records office" or the "recorder of deeds" (there are many names that the county seat uses). there is an online site for most counties that i have researched around PA where i live. they will tend to have a legal description which verbally explains their plot of land with dimensions from the closest main street intersection. the name of the owner, the name of the seller and the amount on the deed (which is usually what was paid). if you dig deep enough, sometimes pay is required, you can check the mortgage too. there are tons of other documents attached to the folio numbers that will tell you a great deal more, if you know what you're reading. that's your call.Thanks this is the sort of information I was looking for. Does anyone know a (or the) site that has public information. I want information that would be available to ordinary people. I could be wrong about this but I think if I stick to this sort of information I should be ok legally. After all I'm just sharing information that anyone can find on their own. Specifically I'm looking for the United States, Texas, Houston.
after you have all you need there, then you can go to a site like zillow.com and type in the address of the property you'd like to look up. it will show you the house on a map and sometimes photos inside or outside of the house (if it's on the market). scroll down and you will see property taxes, 5 year trend of value, cost home was purchased for (not always right, but close) and some other nifty stuff.
there's so much more, but this should get you started.
(May 15, 2012 at 7:53 pm)Shell B Wrote: I imagine that you can have a real estate agent assess the worth of their houses. I would talk to someone with a background in law before I proceeded, though. I'm not sure about posting their addresses. Photos of their houses and their worth is no more than what tabloids do, but they can afford lawsuits.
That costs money and wouldn't be in the rhelm of public information. I want to stick to free available informationl
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
