Tax sales in Alabama

[Hattie York]

So I am looking for recommendations on the best way to tackle the property list. I live in Mobile and at any given time the list can be well over 300 pages long. I have seen some investors with the list in an excel spreadsheet but I’m open to any and all recommendations on how to attack this massive list.

[Denise Evans]

Thanks, @Mark Byers!  @Hattie York, if they show the parcel ID numbers in Mobile County, and not just the PIN numbers, you can learn to read those numbers and at least know approximately where the property is located.  Call the mapping office for Mobile County. It is part of the Revenue Dept. Given them a sample parcel id number, and ask them what the numbers mean.  Probably the first two numbers are the county locator. Ask them if they have the county locator map online, so you can see where "01" is, for example. If not, you might have to go down there and get a copy from them, or ask them to mail you a copy.  In Madison County, for example, "01" is the far northeast corner.  If you don't want anything in rural Madison County near the TN line and east of Harvest, then you won't even look at any parcel that has a county locator number of "01"