Rental Property Investor · Member since 2019 · 89 posts · 58 votes
I am looking to find off market duplexes and am trying to figure out the best way to get a list of duplex owners to approach. Other than driving one at a time, looking up owners through tax records, is there a way to get a list of owners to prospect?
Real Estate Agent · Austin, TX · Member since 2017 · 229 posts · 259 votes
7y
I build my own using public data. Its a slow tedious process. Doesn't help that the official government data is often 3-6 months behind reality. I would imagine that the list services are providing even older data here in Texas.
Specialist · San Antonio, TX · Member since 2015 · 909 posts · 297 votes
7y
well also instead of trying to find a duplex you can always look for a beater SFR thats zoned for it, so you can build your own how you like it, more work.. maybe even a lot more but could be better on cashflow and layout
I build my own using public data. Its a slow tedious process. Doesn't help that the official government data is often 3-6 months behind reality. I would imagine that the list services are providing even older data here in Texas.
What are the different data points or sources you use to build your list?. I looked at my county’s appraisal district website and a MF indicator isn’t obvious to me.
Not sure how I would filter the database or what source to cross reference with.
Not sure how I would filter the database or what source to cross reference with.
Thanks.
There isn't an easy solution. You need to know the neighborhood you are interested in. I use the map feature to get my baseline data then backfill info for targeted properties.