See distressed property before another buyer works it.
Property distress is scattered across hundreds of public records — code cases, special-magistrate hearings, lien filings, demolition orders, unsafe-structure determinations, tax delinquency. Forelot collects it all, reads it, ranks it, and ships you a weekly list of properties worth working.
Every early sign of a motivated seller
Distress rarely shows up in one place. We monitor the records where it surfaces first — long before a listing.
Code violations
Open code-enforcement cases and accumulating daily fines — owners under pressure to sell or fix.
Special-magistrate hearings
Scheduled hearings signal escalating enforcement and looming liens on the property.
Lien filings
Municipal, mechanic's, and code liens filed against the parcel — a clock the owner can't ignore.
Demolition orders
Structures ordered demolished — the owner needs an exit before the bill lands on them.
Unsafe-structure determinations
Buildings flagged unsafe or uninhabitable — high-motivation, low-competition situations.
Tax delinquency
Properties behind on property tax and drifting toward tax-deed sale.
Scattered records in. Ranked leads out.
We collect
County portals, city dashboards, clerk records, and scanned filings — pulled together across your market.
We read it
Every record is parsed and normalized — address, parcel, signal type, filing date, and status.
We rank it
Each parcel gets a Distress Score weighing signal severity, recency, and how many signals stack on one property.
You work it
A clean, ranked list lands weekly. Sort, filter, export, and go — before it's on anyone's radar.
15 new mountain & lake markets — coverage building now
Vacation-cabin and lake towns are stacked with out-of-state, absentee, and short-term-rental owners — the exact profile of a motivated, hard-to-reach seller. We're standing up the public-record feed for each of these now. Grab founding access and you'll get the first ranked feed the moment your market goes live.
Broken Bow, OK
McCurtain County, OK
Cabin country, heavy out-of-state ownership.
Blue Ridge, GA
Fannin County, GA
North-Georgia STR hotspot, absentee owners.
Ellijay, GA
Gilmer County, GA
Apple-country cabins, strong second-home base.
Maggie Valley, NC
Haywood County, NC
Smoky-Mountain resort strip, aging cabins.
Helen, GA
White County, GA
Alpine-tourism town, dense STR inventory.
Beech Mountain, NC
Avery & Watauga County, NC
High-altitude ski market, seasonal owners.
Mineral Bluff / Cherry Log, GA
Fannin & Gilmer County, GA
Blue-Ridge cabin corridor, absentee ownership.
Eureka Springs, AR
Carroll County, AR
Historic Ozarks town, aging housing stock.
McCall, ID
Valley County, ID
Lakefront resort, heavy second-home ownership.
Sisters, OR
Deschutes County, OR
Central-Oregon destination, absentee owners.
Sandpoint, ID
Bonner County, ID
Lake Pend Oreille resort, seasonal ownership.
Payson / White Mountains, AZ
Gila County, AZ
Rim-country cabins, out-of-town owners.
Whitefish, MT
Flathead County, MT
Glacier-gateway resort, high absentee ownership.
Lake of the Ozarks, MO
Camden, Miller & Morgan County, MO
Sprawling lake market, dense STR ownership.
Leavenworth, WA
Chelan County, WA
Bavarian tourism town, heavy STR inventory.
Get founding access
Tell us your market and we'll notify you the day it goes live — and lock in founding-member pricing before launch. No charge to join the list.
You're on the founding list.
We'll email you the moment your market's feed goes live — with founding-member pricing locked in. Want the live product today? See a covered market from $29/mo →
Your weekly distress feed
Ranked by Distress Score — the hottest, most-motivated parcels rise to the top. This is a preview; live subscribers get the full, exportable feed.
| Property | Signal | Score |
|---|---|---|
4553 Cepeda St Orlando · Parcel 2923057405… | Unsafe structure | 90 |
4771 South Hampton Dr Orlando · Parcel 3023040995… | Code violation | 89 |
308 E Par St Orlando · Parcel 2922130540… | Code violation | 88 |
1015 W Livingston St Orlando · multi-structure lot | Unsafe structure | 86 |
1429 W New Hampshire St Orlando · Parcel 2922141468… | Code violation | 74 |
Unlock every distressed parcel in your market — ranked, filterable, with live source links and CSV export.
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Every plan is month-to-month. Cancel anytime. Need a market we don't cover yet? It's included — just ask.
- 1 market of your choice
- Weekly ranked feed
- All 6 signal types
- Distress Score ranking
- 3 markets
- Everything in Scout
- Priority (fresh) signals
- CSV export
- Unlimited markets
- Daily feed
- CSV + API export
- Team seats
Straight answers
Where does the data come from?
Public records — county and municipal code-enforcement systems, clerk-of-court filings, tax-collector delinquency lists, and unsafe-structure/demolition orders. We aggregate what's already public and make it usable.
How is the Distress Score calculated?
It weighs the severity of each signal, how recently it was filed, and how many distress signals stack on the same parcel. More severe, more recent, and stacked signals rank higher.
Which markets are covered?
We're rolling out market by market. Pick your market at signup; if it isn't live yet we prioritize building it — usually within days — at no extra cost.
Can I cancel?
Anytime, in one click. It's month-to-month with no contract.
Is this legal to use?
Yes — it's public-record information. You are responsible for complying with the laws that govern how you contact property owners in your area (including Do-Not-Call and solicitation rules).
The next deal is already in the records.
You just can't see it yet — because it's buried across a hundred portals. Forelot puts it on one screen, ranked, every week.
Start from $29/month