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Owner Identity


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2007 Aug 22, 2:30am   32,360 views  308 comments

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Identity

How can the public easily get the identity of the owner of any given address?

I know Property Shark gives away this information if you sign up for a free account, but how do they get it? They probably don't physically go around to county buildings. They must rely on some aggregators or title companies which have some form of direct electronic access to county records. But last time I checked, San Mateo County was distinctly unhelpful to the public in this regard.

And once you have a name, how do you disambiguate all of the John Smiths? SSN is probably not in the public records.

Thanks for any insights. I have to start my quest for buyer information weapons with baby steps.

Patrick

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305   SP   2007 Aug 27, 5:08am  

DinOR Says: It’s so easy a caveman could do it!
Peter P Says: That is politically incorrect! :)

Okay, ya PC-weenie. "It's so easy a cave-person could do it."

Are you happy now?

SP

306   DennisN   2007 Aug 27, 5:13am  

I think he meant that Osama was living in a cave.

307   DinOR   2007 Aug 27, 5:54am  

"HELOC lovin' grandma"

Yep. Not a pretty visual now is it?

I spoke with a MB this morning and I was really surprised by the level of candor. She really began to question whether or not she had been helping people? She meant even BEFORE the boom! It's got to be hard to put some poor person/couple into a 40 yr. mort. and feel good about it? In her mind, all most of this added up to was... more debt?

She said she began to get really alarmed at just how comfortable people were becoming about ever increasing levels (and lengths) of debt. Certainly no revelation here but refreshing to hear it from someone in the industry.

308   Different Sean   2007 Aug 27, 11:55pm  

Do you think maybe we should put the Hummer up for sale?”
Husband: “Who is going to buy it? Everyone on the block already has one. The Henson’s had two of them before they were repossessed.”
Wife: “Well; there’s always ebay.”
Husband: “Yeah, well, I checked there too; apparently everyone is selling one or two of them.”
This is no lie either check it out!

Those are some really lovely-looking vehicles. 6 litre V8s? wow... we'll be needin' oil from somewhere... how many cup holders does it have?

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