Allan, HLS just thinks that I won’t get drunk early and pick the first one that says “yes.” As an analogy, he is right, I will wait for the better houses to come in later this year and not jump on the first decent one at a low price. In reality, he’s never been drinking with me, I fall into that trap every time, plus who wants a 10, the 7’s are more fun.
on the left, where it says “how can we help” choose grantee search once you have the name of the owner and you can see transactions but no specific dollar amounts just who sold to who and not by address, then from the same “how can we help” pull down menu, pick “pay property taxes” and enter the address to see the bill. From these three sites you can get name of owner, tax bill, asessed value and loan or sale activity, it takes a while to interpret the data but it’s free and easy. You will have to get used to the terminology “grantee, grantor, reconveyance, etc. Or you can just subscripe to one of the many services.