If you are a Real Estate Investor, than the chances are that you need to refer to property records frequently in your line of work. Checking out recent sales, past sales, deed records, and related information is all part of your investigative work when researching property.

For example, I live in Florida and I have dabbled a little bit in Real Estate over the years. I’ve found these databases helpful when researching foreclosures, and tax deed auctions.

I’m sure that you already know that this type of information is all available for free via your local county courthouse and property appraiser’s websites. This sure beats the old days of having to drive down the the court house to find this stuff!

If you are a novice and trying to locate these types of records it can be frustrating if you don’t know where to look. The public, government records database that I refer to all the time here on my site is a good resource to help you find what you are looking for, but you don’t have to go there.

If you need to locate past sales or deed information, just do a Google search for the county that the property is in and find your local property appraisers website. From there you can do searches with criteria such as street address, parcel number, and also last and first names. One or a combination of any of the above info should help you find the records that you are looking for! Good luck and have fun!