Its overwhelming.I would love some advise on how to best move through all this data and on to good purchase leads.

Phillip,My quick thought would be to "stress test" your re-fi numbers at higher interest rates (5%-5.5%) because there's a significant chance that 4.5% rates will be long gone 12 months out.Good luck,Adam

I am buying a bankruptcy list from Melissa Data to market for real estate deals and they asked me if I wanted to filter my list "Open Filings," "Dismissed," or "Discharged."

Test the market to see what it will bare.

The key question to ask is "what is the ratio of assessed value to true market value in this community" The tax man often tracks this by taking all the sales that occur and compare them to their assessments.In extreme cases I have seen City's in upstate NY which had a ratio of assessment to true market value of 20%, which is to say if they say a property is worth $20,000, it may actually have a market value of $100,000Where computers have helped track market data, and market conditions (and the high taxes on properties) are a big deal in a lot of communities, many places, such as here in Mass, re-assess very frequently in attempt to keep taxes fair.

Tim,  I've owned it about 14 months now and it has been going well, although 14 months isn't a long data set I think that is about how it will trend.

I'm hoping someone can clear up discrepencies on my tax payer site where I'm finding owners and addresses. If you care to investigate you can find this through Assessor Site.

I have located one property, 1401...

Checked some data and it seems that some of them were bought in 2005 -2006 at about the triple current price.Tax values and zillow estimates are way above asking prices.

As in any business, you will need to split test your marketing efforts.

Oh and for marketing you are right that it would not make much sense to do it the way you typically here it getting thrown about on BP.That is because it is mostly wholesalers that need to find a lot of deals and keep a constant stream of really good deals in the pipeline.If you are only looking to buy 1-2 properties in a year, or something like that, to add to your portfolio you just scale it back.You can get a list of absentee owners from MLS data, or from a title company or if you have to buy a list it should be a fairly cheap one since it is easy to get the data.