As a real estate investor there is a lot of free information that is available to you.

All real estate deals are recorded in the official records of the city or county, where the property is located.

These records provide very detailed information the can be used including the following information:
- Previous Owner
- Current Owner
- Current Owner’s address (good be different then the property address)
- Tax Assessment
- Tax folio (number used by tax assessor)
- Price of last transfer
- Legal description of the property
- Assessed value for both improvements and vacant land
- Information on improvements; construction date, square footage of improvements

You can see how this information can be valuable when researching possible deals.

Hans Anderson