Making a list of homeowners in my neighborhood

[Maimouna Sow]

So yesterday, being that I’m stuck at home, with nothing to do in this quarantine, I decided to do some research and make a list of homes in my neighborhood, a spreadsheet that tells me who owns it, and if it’s vacant, or abandoned or not.

I live in an opportunity zone, I’m Planning on buying more properties in this neighborhood.

Am I wasting time? Or how can I optimize this lead sheet.

As of right now I just did one block, but the opportunity zone has 16 blocks.

I’m using the utility site to tag all of the homes that has active utilities and those that don’t will be tagged inactive. After I have a comprehensive spreadsheet I will then start a marketing Campaign sending out letters to homeowners.

Any ideas how I can optimize this list?

[Jonathan Greene]

The utilities thing is a smart idea, but may not always be accurate. Are you driving the opportunity zone as well? You may want to get a "hot list" together and then drive the list to see which properties show the appearance of disrepair or abandonment. I'm sure you know that Newark can run block-by-block in many areas with rehabbed homes and burned down right across from each other so eyes are key to each part of the 16 block zone. How are you confirming the homeowner info? Even if you end up with an ok list, you want to focus your letter or postcard on the fact that you are local as well.