Build a tax-delinquent property list from your AI
Build a tax delinquent list with AI in one prompt. Give Claude or ChatGPT your county and filters, and it searches tax records and saves the list.
What tax delinquency means
A property is tax delinquent when taxes go unpaid past the county's deadline. Counties publish these accounts and, if taxes stay unpaid, sell:
- a tax lien (in tax lien states), which an investor buys and collects interest on, or
- the property itself (in tax deed states), at a tax sale.
How fresh the data is
Many counties publish delinquency once or twice a year, sometimes only before the tax sale. A list is only as good as its date.
- Check the record date, not only the flag. Ask your AI when each delinquency was recorded.
- Drop resolved records. Goliath marks a delinquency resolved when the source says it's settled.
The prompt
This runs against Goliath's MCP. Check each operation in our prompt library.
Find single-family homes in Cuyahoga County, Ohio that are tax delinquent, where the owner's mailing address is out of state, with at least 40% estimated equity. Save them as a list called "Cuyahoga tax-delinquent absentee."
- The AI searches by county, tax delinquency, absentee owner and equity [
filterProperties]. - It shows the count and a sample, so you can tighten filters before saving.
- It creates the list [
createPropertyList] and adds the properties [addPropertiesToList].
Stacking with absentee, vacancy and other signals
Alone, the list mixes forgetful owners, hardship and landlords juggling cash. A second or third signal shrinks it toward real sellers.
| Stack | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| Tax delinquent + absentee owner | The owner lives elsewhere, so the house is likely a burden. See absentee owners. |
| Tax delinquent + vacant | No one is living there, and the bills keep coming. |
| Tax delinquent + code violation | The city is fining them too. The house probably needs work. |
| Tax delinquent + probate | An estate that isn't paying taxes, often with heirs out of state. See probate. |
| Tax delinquent + high equity | There's room for a deal that still leaves the owner with money. |
Ask for a stack in plain words, like tax delinquent plus vacant. The AI combines them in one search.
Reaching the owner
- Lead with the problem, not your price. "I noticed there may be back taxes on your property on Elm St."
- Mail works. Delinquent owners are often hard to reach by phone, and a letter naming the property gets opened.
- Be accurate. Never imply you're from the county, and never threaten a tax sale.
General compliance (not legal advice):
- Marketing texts and autodialed calls to cell phones generally need prior express written consent under the TCPA.
- Check the National Do Not Call Registry before cold calls.
- In Goliath, texting from the AI stays off until an org admin turns it on and confirms your consent practices.
Follow-up
Tax-delinquent owners often answer the third or fourth touch, especially as the tax sale nears.
- "Create a call list from 'Cuyahoga tax-delinquent absentee'" [
createCallList,addCallListContacts] puts the list in Goliath's dialer. - After calls, "Log these outcomes" [
updateCallOutcome] and "Remind me to follow up with the not-yets in 30 days" [createTaskOnContact]. - Re-run the search monthly.
For the daily routine, see the morning call list workflow.
Questions
Can ChatGPT get tax-delinquent lists from the county website? Rarely, since counties publish in different formats and schedules, often as PDFs.
How often should I rebuild my list? At least monthly, and right after your county publishes a new delinquency file or announces a tax sale.
Does Goliath sell tax-delinquent lists? No, Goliath is data and software.
For the groundwork without AI, see Goliath's guide on how to get tax-delinquent property lists for free.
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