For investors, wholesalers, and note buyers
Every sign of a motivated seller, on one property record
Tax delinquency, code cases, condemnations, and sales, gathered from each city’s own systems and joined to the property they happened at, so the stack you build by hand is one question.
The work today
Building a list by hand
One local tax office quoted $1,000 for its delinquent-tax list, and the free ones are worked by every investor who downloaded them.
Spotting neglected houses street by street finds deals, and it does not scale past what one person can drive.
Matching a tax list against code violations and absentee owners means joining spreadsheets that spell the same house differently.
Questions investors ask
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Which parts of Cleveland have the most tax-delinquent properties that also have an open code violation?
97 properties were listed as tax delinquent and had a code violation opened over the last two years. The most are around St Clair Ave and Lakeside Ave (ZIP 44103) and around Denison Ave and W 23rd St (ZIP 44109), 14 each.
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In Cincinnati, how many homes that sold in the past year have pulled a building permit since, and where?
Of 7,231 properties sold in the past year, 228 have pulled a building permit since, most around Delta Ave and Linwood Ave (11). Alterations, plumbing, and mechanical work lead.
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In Cleveland, how many condemned properties got a demolition permit within a year?
Of 658 properties condemned between October 2024 and September 2025, 202 (31%) were issued a demolition permit within a year, a median of 174 days later.
Real questions, asked in DeltaVisor on the dates shown. Answers shortened.
The records behind the answers
- Tax delinquency, from each market’s own delinquent-tax roll or recorded filings
- Code enforcement: violations opened and resolved, condemnations, and vacancy
- Sales and deeds, with the sale price
- Permits, so you can see who is already fixing up
- Owner name and mailing address from the assessment roll