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.

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.