Find Pittsburgh's distressed deals before everyone else

A free weekly newsletter of scored, stacked distressed-property leads across Allegheny County, built from public records, with a plain-English reason for every lead.

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What you get

Stacked leads

Properties showing several distress signals at once, not just one stale list.

Plain-English reasons

"Foreclosure filed in the last 12 months, condemned, absentee owner." You see exactly why it scored.

Fresh public data

Foreclosure filings, tax liens, delinquency, code violations, and condemnations, refreshed from the source.

Market trends

Which zip codes are heating up, upcoming sale dates, and featured properties each week.

By the numbers

1,258

Allegheny County properties with a mortgage foreclosure filed in the last 12 months

25,129

parcels showing 3 or more distress signals at once

2,246

condemned City of Pittsburgh properties

How scoring works

Every parcel gets an additive score. The more signals stack up, the higher it ranks:

  1. Foreclosure filed in the last 12 months scores highest; older unresolved filings also count.
  2. Treasury sale list and condemned status add heavy weight.
  3. Tax liens and delinquency add more as the amount owed and years behind grow.
  4. Code violations, court cases, recent inspections, and poor condition each add points.
  5. Owner signals: absentee, out-of-state, or estate-owned.

Government and tax-exempt owners, and bulk mailing addresses shared by many parcels, are filtered out.

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