Finding SFH comps in Texas

[Wes Weeks]

I just joined BP and I have a question about getting single family home comps in Texas. My understanding is that he "sold" price for houses are not available to the public. Does that mean the easiest source of comps are the tax assessor records and currently active MLS listings?

[Michael Hayworth]

@Wes Weeks, there's a new system available in Texas that allows investors to subscribe to a service to run their own comps. I've seen several advertisements for one company's system on DFW Real Estate Facebook groups. I subscribe to it through Roddy Foreclosure Info Service, 

https://www.4closure.info/.

There are other companies marketing it as well.

Roddy's version, Property Analyzer Pro, runs $69/mo. It allows you to run your own comps. (Sold price is hidden on the screen, but they display square footage and price/sq ft, so....math. And sold price is shown when you email yourself a report. It's not as full-featured as a Realtor's MLS subscription, but it's pretty damn good. I use it a lot. It also has a Deal Finder to locate the best deals on MLS, which I don't use because our market is so competitive that I rarely find deals on MLS. But they're there occasionally.

I have no financial interest in the above system. I'm just a user.

Good luck.