Pre-Distress Property Leads — Owner + Code Violations
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Pre-Distress Property Leads — Owner + Code Violations
Under maintenanceDistressed-property leads from OPEN city code violations joined to the public assessor owner-of-record (legal owner + mailing address + value). Worst-first, with a reason-to-call. NYC + Miami-Dade live. Entity owners by default; public records only, no skip-trace.
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A worst-first list of distressed properties, with the owner already attached. This Actor reads open building & code violations from official city/county open data, finds the most-distressed properties, joins each to its public owner-of-record (legal owner, mailing address, value) from the county assessor, and hands you a ranked lead with a plain-English reason to call.
The edge: government violation records flag distress months before a property shows up on Zillow, Propwire, or the MLS. This is a pre-distress signal, sourced from primary public records — not a resold listing scrape.
Live now: New York City, Miami-Dade FL, Austin TX, Dallas TX, and Phoenix AZ. Atlanta is next.
Who this is for
- Real-estate investors & wholesalers — find distressed, often absentee-owned buildings before they list.
- Remediation / abatement contractors — open class-C (immediately hazardous) violations are work that has to get done.
- Note buyers, lenders, proptech — a building-level distress + ownership signal for underwriting.
What's in every lead
| Field | Example |
|---|---|
distress_rank / distress_score | 1 · worst-first within the metro |
open_items + reason_to_call | 112 · "112 open code-compliance case(s)" |
owner_name + owner_type | SOUTH DADE TOO LLC · entity |
owner_mailing_address (+ city/state/zip) | 7071 W COMMERCIAL BLVD STE 2A, TAMARAC FL (Miami-Dade) |
property_address (+ city/zip) | 23601 SW 133 AVE |
assessed_value · units · year_built · property_use | where the assessor provides it |
parcel_id | BBL (NYC) · FOLIO (Miami-Dade) |
last_activity_date · distress_source_url · owner_source_url | provenance on every row |
Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull via the Apify API.
Inputs
| Input | What it does |
|---|---|
| Metros / states | NY (NYC), FL (Miami-Dade), TX (Austin + Dallas), AZ (Phoenix). Default = all live. |
| Owner types | Default entity (LLC/Inc/Trust/Corp) — the absentee-investor target. Add individual to include person-owned parcels. Government owners are always excluded. |
| Max leads per metro | Cap output rows (and cost), worst-first. One row = one lead. |
Pricing
Pay per lead — one ranked, owner-attached lead = one billable row: $0.05 per lead. You pay for an answer (which distressed property + who owns it), not a raw violation row.
Privacy & sourcing — read this
- Owner-of-record is public record. Every owner field comes from the county assessor/property-appraiser's public roll — the same record anyone can pull at the counter. This is standard for real-estate lead products.
- Entity-owners by default. The default lead set is LLC/Inc/Trust/Corp owners only. Individual-person owners are included only if you explicitly add
individualto Owner types. - No skip-tracing, ever. We never append phone numbers, emails, or relatives, and never enrich beyond the public record. Government-owned parcels are excluded as non-actionable.
Coverage notes (honest)
- Miami-Dade delivers the full lead: owner name + mailing address + assessed value. Distress = open county code-compliance cases (unincorporated Miami-Dade), updated daily.
- NYC delivers owner name (+ units, year built, assessed value via PLUTO) but not a separate owner mailing address — NYC open data doesn't publish one. Distress = open HPD housing-maintenance violations, severity-weighted (class C/I = immediately hazardous weigh most).
- Scores are computed within each metro (different cities classify differently), so compare leads inside a metro, not across.
Data sources
100% public, keyless government open data:
- NYC — HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations (
data.cityofnewyork.us·wvxf-dwi5) + PLUTO owner of record (64uk-42ks). - Miami-Dade — Code Compliance Violations + Property Appraiser parcels (Miami-Dade ArcGIS,
services.arcgis.com/8Pc9XBTAsYuxx9Ny).
No logins, no API keys, no gray-area sources. The join is by parcel id (BBL / FOLIO).
FAQ
Is this a listing scrape? No — it's primary public records (code enforcement + assessor), which surface distress before a property lists.
Is the data real? Yes. Every field derives deterministically from public government data. No fabricated rows, ever.
How fresh? As fresh as the city/county portals — last_activity_date shows the most recent violation/case per property.
