Comps
Hi
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to look up sold comps on a neighborhood at the town hall? rather than have to go through a realtor? Can you look these up by address rather than owner? Thanks! 
Hi
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to look up sold comps on a neighborhood at the town hall? rather than have to go through a realtor? Can you look these up by address rather than owner? Thanks!
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deecoco...can you e-mail those comps sites to me please?
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Oftimes the County Assessor has these records, generically called, property record cards, If your assessor is online you can retreive the data from the comfort of your home/office.
Does the assessors office have these listed by street address? I am assuming I can go to the town hall tax assessors officer? rather than the county registry of deeds?
I wouldn't use assessors numbers. they are never right.
The assessor's property record card has the basic data (sometimes wrong) regarding the property. It the assessor's office is "in touch with reality" they also report the last sale of the property and maybe the amount of the new mortgage.
Sometimes there can be a reporting delay of a couple months. Some use documentary stamps which you can then convert to purchase price.
The assessor's valuation for taxation purposes would not be a good indicator of value. Check with the assessor. All use the parcel number, some also include the address and/or owner of record. You may need to learn how to use the plat books to locate the neighborhoods and the properties you're interested in. Hopefully all this is online.
I sure hate to waste the time it takes to physically go to the Assessor's office. Although the employees are Civil Servants, many aren't civil and don't know the meaning of servitude--let alone their job. The thought of going down to the Assessor' office makes me ill.
If you're using the assessor to filter data to select your purchase candadates then go for it. I personally would never make a final offer without doing a thorough search on the MLS. The data is fresher, easier to filter. I would use-NOT abuse a few Realtors. They will give you the data if you use them judiciously. But, it has to be a two way street, they need to get some business from you (to pay the rent) or the flow will stop.
Yeah, don't abuse the Realtor's. I have caught some hell from a couple. The properties they were giving me were crap and plus I wanted motivated sellers.
When people would call me and their house was listed, I would ask the Realtor for comps and their opinion of the house. Finally one asked me, where are you finding these properties? I told her that they were finding me and that I would give her a fee if I bought any property she provided comps for, but she got mad and sad she's not in the comp business. She never responds to me emails. I tried to reason with her but I'm not in the paying commission business.
Work out an understanding with the Realtor and maybe you can establish a relationship, but if you never buy a property from or through them, they are going to get .