Property Data We Use Thats Too Good to be True (CFFL 0231)

Property Data We Use Thats Too Good to be True Jack Butala: Property Data We Use Thats Too Good to be True. Every Single month we give away a property for free. It's super simple to qualify. Two simple steps. Leave us your feedback for this podcast on iTunes and number two, get the free ebook at landacademy.com, you don't even have to read it. Thanks for listening. Jack Butala: Jack Butala with Jill DeWitt. Jill DeWit: Howdy. Jack Butala: Welcome to our show. In this episode, Jill and I talk about property data, the data that we use that's too good to be true. Great show today Jill. I hope this addresses a topic that I get a question about all the time. Before we get into it, let's take a question posed by one of our members on SuccessPlant.com, our free online community. Jill DeWit: Cool. Dan wrote, "Okay, so you've agreed on a price for the seller, now where do you go for additional research when just starting out to check title ownership, encumbrances, liens, zoning, water, electricity, other property perks, etc. I know the Data2DoorStep program provides access to some of that info, but I can't afford the month subscription quite yet." I love this. This is so typical. Jack Butala: Hey, sales person. Sales person Jill, I think you are so much more qualified to answer this question than me. Jill DeWit: I got 2 points to make. Really 1 point to make. It will pay for itself quickly, how's that? When you can get access to the data, and you can jump in and do this, it will pay for itself so quickly, it's not even funny. Because the time that you will save, it's big. I mean, a lot of this stuff you can get from the county, for example. Although it depends on the county. Some of the counties, you can get in and check it really easily, check the ownership, and all that good stuff, but some of the stuff you can't get to. Jack, it looks like you have a comment. Where are you trying to go with this? Jack Butala: Just in life, you're going to either pay with money or pay with time, unless you're just independently wealthy, and even then, because we are. You just have to either pay with money or time. As from a sales standpoint, or from a recommendation standpoint, I just think maybe you're not ready to do this yet. I don't know Jill. Jill DeWit: I mean, you know what, here's a good point. Jack Butala: Is there a free way to do it? Jill DeWit: Do you know what I would do? Here's what I would say. Dan, here's what I want you to do. Jack Butala: What he's asking is, is there a way to do due diligence on a piece or property, free? What do you think? Jill DeWit: It depends on the county. Jack Butala: I don't think so. Jill DeWit: You may not get all of that. Jack Butala: I've never call the county and have a county say, "Oh yeah, let me drop everything and I'm going to research the property for you, to make sure it's okay to buy." Jill DeWit: It's not going to be like that. Good point. I'm just saying some of the counties you can pull up ownership, and and can double check zoning, but that's about it. As far as liens, that's not going to show up on that county data. Water, electricity, all that good stuff, that's probably not going to show up. Some of it too Dan, you might be getting ahead of yourself a little bit. You need to get into this. I appreciate where you're coming from. My point was going to be, get as far as you can. I talked to someone about this the other day, because they were just getting Data2DoorStep. I said you're going to fall over when you see how great this is and all the access you have, and you will be kicking yourself you didn't do this sooner. Jack Butala: That's what this show's all about. Jill DeWit: Exactly. That's why it thought this question tied into it. Dan, please do yourself a favor. Jack, you and I say this all the time. Don't believe us, go into SuccessPlant and ask these questions. Jack Butala: Yeah, go and ask that question.