Real Estate Broker · Concord, NC · Member since 2019 · 74 posts · 42 votes
Hello BP Community. I'm looking for a Duplex in the Charlotte, NC area. I'm trying to pull a list of addresses for direct mail, so I select the option of Property Type: "Residential Multifamily" (cause by selecting Residential Duplex I get 0).
I was wondering why my list does not include all the duplex addresses?. When I look a particular Duplex address in a website like Realtor or Zillow, some are described as a "Single Family Residential". I guess this is because each house has it's own number (unit #1, unit #2). Same when I look at the public records, it will come as a Single Family Residential in the Land Use description (it does show Duplex-Triplex in the Built Use/Style description).
So how can I refresh my search that can include both units (#1 and #2) in the address so it doesn't exclude the ones describe as SFR? or in the other case, how to know if a SFR is part of a Duplex-Triplex?
I would recommend not using third party sources but instead use the source that is updated weekly and or daily which is the county records. What I would do is ask for the entire database from the county and you will have every property in city of Charlotte and the ones surrounding it. You will have everything in one swoop. You can then filter it to show what you are looking for. I've done this for Mecklenburg County already. It might take some technical know how but you will soon have every property that is a duplex, every property that has duplex zoning and every builder that's building a duplex currently with mailing and property addresses.
You have learned that public data is often less than accurate if you find that Zillow or whoever's data is more accurate you can make that your new data source or cross reference the lists
You have learned that public data is often less than accurate if you find that Zillow or whoever's data is more accurate you can make that your new data source or cross reference the lists
I would recommend not using third party sources but instead use the source that is updated weekly and or daily which is the county records. What I would do is ask for the entire database from the county and you will have every property in city of Charlotte and the ones surrounding it. You will have everything in one swoop. You can then filter it to show what you are looking for. I've done this for Mecklenburg County already. It might take some technical know how but you will soon have every property that is a duplex, every property that has duplex zoning and every builder that's building a duplex currently with mailing and property addresses.
@Carlos Paz to find the best opportunities you may want to network with property managers or professional agents or spend time direct mailing/calling owners of select properties you want to try to buy.
@Carlos Paz Unfortunately, there's no way to know if an SFR is a duplex or triplex. Which website are you using to pull out the list? If you're using Listsource, go to property>property type> select duplex, SFR. If you select duplex only, it might return a zero.
Thank you @Ehsan Rishat, Yes I've been using ListSource searching by Property Type: "Residential Multifamily" (selecting Residential Duplex I get 0). However this search will not include all those that are Duplex.