What websites do you use???

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What websites do you use???

Matthew Rembish
Flipper/Rehabber · Toms River, NJ · Member since 2014 · 378 posts · 154 votes

This is a discussion that I wanted to start not only for my own benefit, but hopefully one other's could keep coming back to to learn from. What kinds of websites do you use in your business to search for properties, property info, market data, real estate education, etc? Anything that even pertains remotely to real estate and you find useful...

For me, it's the usual BP, Zillow, Loopnet, City-Data and Rent-o-meter, but what other kinds of internet resources out there do you find useful for both investing and managing real estate?

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Gino BarbaroPro Member
Rental Property Investor · St Augustine, FL · Member since 2014 · 2k+ posts · 1k+ votes
10y

@Matthew Rembish

Hi Matthew

I use irem.org for management companies

www.spotcrime.com for crime in a city

bls.gov for demographics

hud.gov

familywatchdog.us for registered sex offenders in a city

www.propertymanagementinsider.com for good articles

Check out @mark ferguson blog.  He is a realtor/flipper.  Great blog

Gino

Podcast Guest on Show The “Conveyor Belt” System That’ll Build You a BIG Rental Portfolio Quickly
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  • Gerardo Dominguez
    Real Estate Agent · Chicago, IL · Member since 2015 · 238 posts · 101 votes
    10y

    Redfin, Loopnet, Rentometer, Cook county public records sites and of course BP :)

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  • Trevor Ewen
    Rental Property Investor · Weehawken, NJ · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 704 votes
    10y

    @Matthew Rembish

    USAA has some amazing listings: https://www.homecircle.com/

    I am very interested in military communities, so here are a two others:

    http://www.militarybyowner.com/

    http://usmilitaryfsfr.com

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  • Josef T.
    Investor · Tampa, FL · Member since 2015 · 34 posts · 8 votes
    10y

    I like homefacts which gives a good neighborhood, school, city breakdowns. . . 

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  • Major Robertson
    Investor · Louisville, KY · Member since 2014 · 142 posts · 77 votes
    10y

    Commercial property in Kentucky

    http://www.kcrea.com/jsp/search/

    Foreclosure homes in Louisville Kentucky

    http://www.jeffcomm.org/

    Jeff Comm Listings above on a map with images

    http://louisvilleforeclosuremap.com/

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  • Matthew Rembish
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    Flipper/Rehabber · Toms River, NJ · Member since 2014 · 378 posts · 154 votes
    10y

    Wow, I've never even heard of some of these. I'll be sure to check them all out. 

    What about Zilpy and Neighborhood Scout. Have you guys ever heard of those websites? They're pretty cool.

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  • Sarah Ziehr
    Real Estate Broker · Chicago, IL · Member since 2015 · 531 posts · 266 votes
    10y

    Your local treasurer and assessor websites

    City-data.com

    Crimereports.com

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  • Andrew K.
    Rental Property Investor · San Antonio, TX · Member since 2011 · 266 posts · 158 votes
    10y
    Trevor Ewen what specifically makes you interested in military markets? I'm in Fayetteville, NC, which is anchored by a very large military base. Just curious to know what you're looking for. Thanks. -Andrew
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  • William Campbell
    Investor · Fort Worth, TX · Member since 2012 · 27 posts · 9 votes
    10y

    I use Zillow, Redfin, Loopnet, county tax assessor , and biggerpocketsof course .

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  • Antonio Coleman
    Specialist · Sibley, LA · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 190 votes
    10y

    @Matthew Rembish I think you can find opportunites on any of the top real estate websites. Persaonly I thinmk there are ways to do deals no matter the property is 50% off of can be purchase at full price. So those for sale by owner website are worth using if you can get creative. 

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  • Oyama Lewis
    Investor · Charlotte, NC · Member since 2016 · 59 posts · 14 votes
    10y

    I have been using Socialserve.com to locate potential buyers.It has section 8 rentals.

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  • Matthew Rembish
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    Flipper/Rehabber · Toms River, NJ · Member since 2014 · 378 posts · 154 votes
    10y

    Does anyone use any direct mail websites other than ListSource? LS is my typical go-to but I was curious as to whether someone preferred to use another source...

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  • Gino BarbaroPro Member
    Rental Property Investor · St Augustine, FL · Member since 2014 · 2k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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    @Matthew Rembish

    Hi Matthew

    I use irem.org for management companies

    www.spotcrime.com for crime in a city

    bls.gov for demographics

    hud.gov

    familywatchdog.us for registered sex offenders in a city

    www.propertymanagementinsider.com for good articles

    Check out @mark ferguson blog.  He is a realtor/flipper.  Great blog

    Gino

    Podcast Guest on Show The “Conveyor Belt” System That’ll Build You a BIG Rental Portfolio Quickly
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  • Jassem A.
    Investor · PA · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 602 votes
    10y

    Zillow, hotpads, realtor, hubzu, auction, williamsauction, beenverified, city-data

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  • Trevor Ewen
    Rental Property Investor · Weehawken, NJ · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 704 votes
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    @Andrew K.

    My brother is an officer, and I had some interest in the military niche. Did a lot of research and actually developed a couple web scrapers with the goal of finding under-valued military properties.

    Never amounted to much as we don't have teams or a presence near any bases. Maybe a future project, but not one for now.

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  • Linda Liberatore
    Real Estate Investor · Schaumburg, IL · Member since 2014 · 76 posts · 30 votes
    10y

    Some additional resources Trello WhiteBoard, Fiverr, BatchGeo , Zumper, SmartMove

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  • Matthew Rembish
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    Flipper/Rehabber · Toms River, NJ · Member since 2014 · 378 posts · 154 votes
    10y

    Trello and smartmove look really interesting. I've never heard about them before. Thanks for the post!

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  • Peter Evola
    Investor · Member since 2025 · 11 posts · 5 votes
    8mo

    Hi, would like to know what website people are using today for real estate property searches since the last post has been about 10 years ago.

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  • Eric Davis
    Specialist · Greeley, CO · Member since 2026 · 36 posts · 18 votes
    5mo

    I like this thread. My stack is less about one magic site and more about what job I’m doing:

    • Deal sourcing: LoopNet, Crexi, local broker email lists, county foreclosure auction pages.
    • Ownership/debt/tax intel: County assessor + recorder, GIS parcel maps, Regrid, state SOS/business lookup, property tax collector portals.
    • Rent and comp validation: CoStar/MLS if you have access, Apartments.com, Zillow rents, Rentometer, and old-school broker calls for real signed rates.
    • Market/demographics: Census ACS, BLS, BEA, city planning/economic development pages, local permitting dashboards.
    • Regulation/risk checks: City zoning maps + code text, flood maps (FEMA), crime maps, utility providers/capacity.
    • Underwriting discipline: I keep assumptions in one model and force every market input to have a source + date stamp.

    Best upgrade I made wasn’t a new site, it was process:

    • Every assumption gets tagged with source + date.
    • If two sources conflict, I underwrite to the conservative number.
    • I re-check rents/expenses right before LOI and again pre-close."
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  • Brook Denny
    Member since 2026 · 12 posts · 2 votes
    5mo

    Nothing new here. Same sources that others have listed. For research I also use a chrome extension by askaugur that checks county zoning, Deed restrictions, and neighborhood stats right in the browser on zillow but I think it also works on redfin. Primarily for my STR search this is helpful. & It's free versus paying for airdna

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  • Ryan D.
    Investor · Portland, OR · Member since 2026 · 67 posts · 35 votes
    5mo

    No one mentioned PropStream yet. It is useful for LeadGen and skiptrace.

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  • Edgar U.
    Real Estate Agent · VA · Member since 2008 · 420 posts · 175 votes
    5mo

    For websites from top to bottom:

    #1 - Reddit

    #2 - Zillow/Redfin

    #3 - ID.Land

    #4 - Social Medias (i.e) FB, YT, BP, etc

    #5 - Zoho One which includes my CRM, Bookkeeping, etc.

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  • Russell Cabus
    Atlanta, GA · Member since 2026 · 24 posts · 4 votes
    5mo

    I use a lot of the same ones you mentioned—especially for market data and quick checks. Those are definitely staples.

    One thing that’s helped me over time though is not just the tools themselves, but how they connect together. For example, having things like e-signatures for lease agreements, centralized tenant communication, and simple tracking for rent and maintenance all in one place makes day-to-day operations a lot smoother.

    It’s less about adding more tools, and more about reducing the back-and-forth between them.

    Curious—are you mostly using these for deal analysis, or also for managing properties day-to-day?

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