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Ever wonder why you get so much junk mail when you
purchase a home? The answer is quite simple! There are
dozens of companies who gleam this information from the
public records, and then supply it in bulk to mass
marketers. Everyone from pest inspectors, to mortgage
brokers, to your local Chinese restaurant, can all purchase
these records and mail-merge them more cheaply than you can
imagine!
Take a look at the site of this one company, Melissa DATA,
who sells your information to mass marketers around the
county.
Think people don't care about your personal
finances??? The truth is, everyday people love to see this
type of information! Some newspapers, like the
Atlanta
Business Chronicle in Atlanta, publish just about every
real estate transaction that takes place in the city each
week, just for everyone to take a look at who bought what
from whom, and how much they paid! This practice is even
more prevalent with local newspaper in small towns.
Not only does this
Nassau County, New York site publish information about
homes, their values, and their owners - they also have tax
assessors who go around taking pictures of every home in the
County, and then publish them online! Click here to see an
example.
We'd prefer not to publish anyone's personal information
on our website, but take a look at this example of a Fulton
County, Georgia Tax Report which lists the appraised value
of a home, the recent purchase price, the mortgage company,
the amount of the mortgage, the number of bedrooms and
bathrooms of the home, and the list goes on and on and
on....
Your Security Deed contains all sorts of information
about you and your mortgage. Click here to see the type of
information in a Security Deed that is made public in
courthouse records and placed online.
"AKA" (Also Known As) statements are mandatory when you
get a loan with most mortgage companies. Any of your
nicknames, aliases, former names and maiden names must be
listed. Click here to see the type of form that is filled
out and published in County Courthouses throughout the
country.
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