Alternatives to listsource?

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Is there anywhere else I can buy a list of leads online listsource is currently displaying the wrong info for the Philadelphia area.

Scott Morris · Answer

I actually sent ListSource an email about their Philadelphia data and they responded saying they were working on it.  Hopefully, it'll be fixed soon.

Sean OToole · Answer

@Scott Morris County assessor data can be relatively easy to get yourself, though the county may have a fee, and you may find using a service less expensive. That varies a lot by county. The tougher one is county recorder data. The issue being that the recorder doesn't have "data" they have document images. To get anything useful from those documents (liens, loans, transfers, foreclosures, judgements, etc), you have to hand enter the data off the document into your spreadsheet, database or whatever. Even if you aren't interested in those documents you still need a LOT of recorder data to be able to do things like estimate value, or equity. If you value your time at anything above $0, it is cheaper to buy it from a service, then do it yourself.

So yes, possible to get it yourself. But almost never can you do it cheaper than a service who can spread the cost across thousands of customers.

Ricky Cover · Answer

@Scott Morris Thank you.

Dan Weber · Answer

@Ricky Cover Other than similar websites, one option would be to hire a virtual assistant to search county tax websites for the specific owners/properties you are looking for and create a spreadsheet for you.

Scott Morris · Answer

I"m always curious how these people are getting their data and if it's possible to just the data myself for cheaper...  For instance, are they just getting the information from the city that I could get myself.... the value is in how they aggregate it (which I get), but how much would it cost to replicate that.  Also, how accurate is their data?  Is the list recent data or old data?  Anyways, you could check out REWW and PropStream

Ricky Cover · Answer

@Daniel Weber thank you.

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