Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2012 · 1k+ posts · 655 votes
I'm curious if anyone here knows how to look up eviction records for Baltimore City??? I've tried but cannot find them online, do they let you look thru them at the courthouse?? I filed for eviction a few months ago and I received a phone from a guy asking if I wanted to sell who got my information off of the eviction records. I'm interested in getting landlord information for a similar use.
Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2008 · 17k+ posts · 13k+ votes
12y
@Chris K There is no searchable database that I am aware of for Baltimore city. Some people go to the basement of the courthouse at 501(?) E Fayette st and copy the information manually.
Rent notices.com has a database of evictions they have done if you are a member.
Real Estate Investor · Audubon, PA · Member since 2009 · 13k+ posts · 8k+ votes
13y
That is also the case in my state (PA). I believe that they do that to protect the guilty ... otherwise, nobody would want to rent to those evicted tenants, and no tenant would want to rent from some landlord against whom lots of tenant complaints have been filed.
Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2012 · 1k+ posts · 655 votes
12y
Bumping this cause I'm doing some screenings again. I cannot find anywhere that will show records of evictions in Baltimore City anyone know of a site??
Severna Park, MD · Member since 2013 · 7k+ posts · 7k+ votes
12y
I dont think that there is public acess to evictions in Maryland . I was talking to an AA county sheriff and he was telling me that he could make a lot of money publishing the names of the deadbeat tenants .
Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2012 · 1k+ posts · 655 votes
12y
@Javon Dixon I figured there had to be some way cause after I filed my first eviction I got a call from an investor asking if I wanted to sell. So I'm guessing the courthouse method isn't a "searchable" database.
@Matthew Paul he definitely could!! I'd pay for a search at this point.
Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2008 · 17k+ posts · 13k+ votes
12y
@Chris K There is no searchable database that I am aware of for Baltimore city. Some people go to the basement of the courthouse at 501(?) E Fayette st and copy the information manually.
Rent notices.com has a database of evictions they have done if you are a member.
Middle River, MD · Member since 2013 · 23 posts · 2 votes
12y
So I guess the only real way to get eviction records would be to go to the county or city courthouse? Which would only get you the records for that county or city. So you would need to go to every county in Maryland's courthouse to get a good idea of someone's eviction record. People could easily rent in different counties. This doesn't sound very feasable.
COCKEYSVILLE, MD · Member since 2009 · 65 posts · 28 votes
12y
It is worse than checking each county. Some county's have multiple district courts. The court house only has current/recent evictions, and that stack of papers is huge and routinely tossed. Essex district court, somehow, always just put them in recycle bin and are not available. People use these "pink sheets" as leads to landlords that might want to sell. It is also a lead on someone who will buy and investment.
MD case search will show judgments. That is a big clue, especially if owed to a LL.
Montgomery county is supposedly testing electronic rent notice filings, as a first step to going state wide.
Investor · Willow Spring, NC · Member since 2009 · 5k+ posts · 3k+ votes
12y
National Tenant network has the data, so it is available.... maybe not online for free from county websites, but the compilation of records exists. I am an NTN customer and only know about this because an applicant in NC about a year ago (from Baltimore) had an undisclosed eviction, so we did not rent to him.
Real Estate Solutions Provider · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2014 · 571 posts · 452 votes
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@Chris K. I am considering targeting tired landlords through eviction court. Did you receive a ton of mail/phone calls once your eviction became public record? Have you done anymore evictions in the past 3 years and were you contacted by buyers at that time?
@Chris K. I am considering targeting tired landlords through eviction court. Did you receive a ton of mail/phone calls once your eviction became public record? Have you done anymore evictions in the past 3 years and were you contacted by buyers at that time?
Thanks in advance for your response.
E. Harris
That was my only eviction and only one person contacted me from it. I know quite a few people who contact eviction leads now.
Seattle, WA · Member since 2015 · 6 posts · 0 votes
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@Chris K. I am new to wholesaling. One of my friends mentioned mailing to evicting landlords as a way to reach a motivated seller. This greatly intrigued me but I have been enable to unearth an information about how to find these records. All of the threads I read said people went to the county courthouse and are unable to find them and were then stumped. This is my result as well. Your last comment in this thread is the first I have seen where someone has actually successfully contacted landlords in the eviction process. I'm curious where you or the people you know found this information. I went to my county courthouse in January and searched through the court cases for all of January and December and was unable to find anything helpful. I searched for 'evictions' and 'writs of restitution.' I have also talked to the court clerks and they know nothing. What did you and/or your friends search for in the court's computer? Or did you find it in another location or website?
Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2012 · 1k+ posts · 655 votes
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@Adam Baughman I still do not know how this person got my information. I've asked around at the local courthouse where I filed and they didn't have any answers for me either. My best guess at this point is that someone who works there is giving this information to an associate of theirs so they can use the information.
Seattle, WA · Member since 2015 · 6 posts · 0 votes
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@Chris K. Okay good to know. I thought you had found a way to find the info. I guess I will try wholesaling another route. Thanks for the info and the interesting thread! :)