Cap'n
>>>>>it takes a lot of leg
work to research it as the way they list it is in the cryptic form
of abstract numbers so if you don't go to the court house and
dig through the Deed records you don't know where it's at,
having been a purchaser of some of these realestate parcels in the past, this is what I've done ....
(granted, it might be different on the coast as opposed to NE Tx) ..
I used to "befriend" a clerk in the County Clerk's office to get me a list of the addresses instead of, as you correctly noted, the legal description ...
did this for multi years when the action was not as heavy as it seems to have been for the past ten years or so.....
now, it is even easier ...
since the advent of Tax Authority Offices handling the collection/processing/foreclosure of all the taxing entities (city, county, school, community college, state, etc) a call to the Authority office is all it takes for me now to get addresses for the ones in the city, but the ones in the county are a bit more vague as there is no street address ... but in most cases, when I inquire about a specific lot number, or even several, a quick description of road/roads/turns/landmarks is usually forthcoming ....
You might try the County Judge's office, the City Attorney's office, or the County Attorney's office, Jim....
as I've used them in the past also to good avail....
but
the Taxing Authority deal has been all I've needed in the past five years or so ....
There is one drawback to this method of purchase, of which you most likely are already aware ...
seven years for the owner to reclaim the property from the purchaser ......
the method is too complex for this post, but it is there ..
Nemer |
