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531 permits, 284 vacant properties and 131 code violations in the last 30 days. The blocks where public records stack up the most seller signals right now.Free account, no card: the 5 newest addresses. Every address, owner names and a morning alert: Parcel, $109 a month after a free trial, cancel in two clicks.
- 1
100 block of 56th St SE, Washington
score 383 tax-delinquent properties, vacant, building permit on Oct 21
- 2
300 block of 16th St SE, Washington
score 382 tax-delinquent properties, 3 vacant properties
- 3
4900 block of Kansas Ave NW, Washington
score 38Tax delinquent, vacant, 3 permits since Oct 22
- 4
5000 block of Sheriff Rd NE, Washington
score 382 tax-delinquent properties, 2 vacant properties, building permit on Oct 16
- 5
2100 block of T St SE, Washington
score 382 tax-delinquent properties, vacant
- 6
3100 block of Berry Rd NE, Washington
score 382 tax-delinquent properties, vacant
- 7
4200 block of Edson Pl NE, Washington
score 38Tax delinquent, 2 vacant properties
- 8
5100 block of H St SE, Washington
score 38Tax delinquent, vacant, building permit on Oct 20
- 9
5900 block of Clay St NE, Washington
score 38Tax delinquent, vacant, building permit on Nov 5
- 10
100 block of 15th St SE, Washington
score 38Tax delinquent, vacant
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Your chances on these
EstimateWhat decides who gets an off-market deal, without Parcel and with it.
~7×
as likely to get a real conversation when you reach out within an hour.
Estimate · HBR 2011, web leads
90%
of sellers list with an agent, where every buyer can bid. Off-market, you reach them first.
Estimate · NAR 2024
- When you hear about it
- WithoutWhen it lists, or when a bought list reaches you weeks later
- WithThe morning after the city or county publishes the record (newest here: Nov 5)
- Reaching the owner
- WithoutA letter or a door knock at the property
- WithThe owner's phone and email from an owner lookup, when one is found
- Getting there first
- WithoutWhenever you get to it
- WithA morning alert and the lead already in your pipeline
How we estimate
We don't give a percentage. There is no public data on how often an investor wins an off-market deal, and we won't make one up. What the research does show is that reaching people first, and before a home lists, is what moves the odds:
- Oldroyd, McElheran and Elkington, “The Short Life of Online Sales Leads,” Harvard Business Review, 2011: Across 2,241 US companies, those that answered a web lead within an hour were nearly 7 times as likely to have a qualifying conversation as those that waited longer. These were inbound leads, not property owners, so read it as direction, not a number for real estate.
- National Association of Realtors, 2024 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers: 90% of sellers sold with an agent and 6% sold by owner. Once a home lists, every buyer can bid; before it lists, you may be the only one talking to the owner.
Washington DC in numbers
From the same public records as the list above. Counts only, no addresses.
Where this comes from: 5 official public datasets
Official public datasets for Washington DC, DC, checked every hour here and every morning in Deal Radar. Each record links to its source above. Blocks are scored the way Deal Radar scores every property.
- DC building permits in residential zones (last 30 days) · Washington, DC
- DC 311 requests for vacant private property inspections · Washington, DC
- DC 311 illegal construction complaints · Washington, DC
- DC homes with unpaid prior-year property tax · Washington, DC
- DC vacant and blighted properties (tax class 3 and 4) · Washington, DC