FAQs

1. How is data gathered and how often?
   • Depends on each local jurisdiction process and timing for tax assessment, usually once a year per property
2. REC_TYPE
   • This field displays the owner of the property, B being owned by a business (this can include trusts) and R being a resident owned property. This is not whether the property is a business or residential property.
3. PROP_ZONING
   • We do not have a list of the zoning codes. Each county has their own so there are literally thousands of values.
   • We do not do anything with the codes, so they are not cleansed or standardized in any way.
4. PROP_TAXAMT
   • Represents the amount of the tax bill for the property (and associated with the tax bill year in the next field).
5. PROP_TAXYR
   • Some of the data may show old assessed year however some counties may not assess every year yet the data can still be accurate and up to date
6. PROP_LANDUSE
   • An expanded or more detailed list of what the land can be used for or what can be built on the land.
7. PROP_IND
   • A condensed version or category of what is currently on the land.
8. Alternative Address (STREET2, CITY2, etc)
   • The location (address) of where the tax bill for the property is sent.
   • If the property is a vacation or second home, and the owner does not live there full time, it could be different from the main address.
   • If the property has two names on the title – i.e., John Smith and Mary Smith - the Alternate Owner will be the second person listed on the recording, and the Alternate address will be associated with the Alternate owner. In this case it will usually be the same as the main address.
   • The important part to note is that it is where the tax bill is sent. So even if the main location is a vacant property or a property with no address, it will almost always have an address for where to send the tax bill. With properties that do have a street address, it will have a high percentage of the same address, because the owner only has one property and/or there is a second considered owner in the same property (husband, wife, or tenant of owner).
9. Missing Address
   • The main address fields are representative of the actual location of the property, however could be missing street information. Examples of this would be parcels of land such as a field, alleyway, undeveloped subdivision, or just plain vacant land. Also, some counties may not assign a street address to a property until there is a building permit for it.
10. VACANT - Address fields not as populated as alternate address VACANT field
    • In terms of the vacancy, sometimes the primary location will not have information if it is a vacant property or not, depending on the type of land, whereas, they have a much clearer idea of whether the alternate address is vacant or not because of the tax bill being sent there (also ~95% is not vacant).
11. PROP_ASSED_LANDVAL
    • The Total Assessed Value is gathered directly from over 3,000 County Assessors offices around the country. The Total Assessed Value consists of the Parcel’s land & improvement values as provided by the county or local taxing/assessment authority. Infutor does not calculate this field.
12. PROP_HEAT
    • Includes a list of all possible heating types. Some assessors are more specific than others. Ex: Some cases OOE, Electric Heat, is basic and sufficient. If the assessor has more information past that then they will fill it in, whereas others may use as a basic indicator.
13. PROP_CORPIND
    • Indicates whether a corporation owns the property or not. There can be a corporate owner and the property could be a residential property.
14. PROP_RESCD
    • Indicates whether the property is located within a residential zip code.