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What data does The Invest Nest provide?

The Invest Nest gives you access to a database of over 150 million US properties, plus the contact information that goes with them. This article covers ...

Written by The Invest Nest Team

What data does The Invest Nest provide?

The Invest Nest gives you access to a database of over 150 million US properties, plus the contact information that goes with them. This article covers what's in our data, where it comes from, how often it updates, and what we don't have.

Property data

For each of the 150 million+ properties in our database, you can see:

Ownership

  • Owner name (individual, business, trust, or bank)

  • Owner mailing address

  • Owner type and entity structure

  • Whether the owner is in-state, out-of-state, absentee, or owns multiple properties

  • Years of ownership

Property details

  • Property type (single-family, multi-family, condo, mobile home, land, other)

  • Bedrooms and bathrooms

  • Square footage

  • Lot size

  • Year built

  • Stories and units

  • Features like pool, basement, garage, attic, HOA

Financial data

  • Estimated property value

  • Estimated equity in dollars and percentage

  • Property tax history and amounts

  • Tax delinquency status and tax liens

Mortgage and loan data

  • Outstanding mortgage amount

  • Loan type (Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, and 30+ others)

  • Number of open mortgages

  • Whether the loan is adjustable rate, assumable, or free and clear

Sales history (MLS)

  • Last sale date and price

  • Current MLS status (Active, Pending, Sold, Cancelled)

  • Historical sales transactions

Foreclosure data

  • Pre-foreclosure and foreclosure status

  • Foreclosure search range data

Skip trace data

Skip tracing pulls owner contact information so you can actually reach the people behind the properties. Each successful skip trace returns:

  • Phone numbers. Tagged as mobile or landline

  • Email addresses. Verified contact emails

  • Owner age and gender (where available)

  • Linked properties. Other properties the same owner has connections to

Skip trace is unlocked at Premium and counts toward your monthly skip trace allowance. You can skip trace one property at a time from the property detail view or from the list view.

Where the data comes from

We partner with RealEstateAPI, one of the largest real estate data providers in the country. They aggregate from public records, MLS feeds, county records, and validated contact databases. This is the same data infrastructure that powers many of the larger players in the real estate investing software space.

Using a single high-quality provider lets us focus on building the workflow tools (filtering, lists, pipeline, calculator) on top of trusted data, rather than building data infrastructure from scratch.

How often the data updates

  • Property records, ownership, and tax data. Refreshed regularly through our partner. Most fields are accurate to within the last few weeks

  • MLS data. Updated frequently but not real-time. There can be a small lag (hours to a day) between an MLS change and our database reflecting it

  • Cached data. Properties you've already pulled get cached for up to 100 days to keep your experience fast and reduce duplicate API costs. If you want fresh data on an older lookup, you can re-search the property

  • Skip trace results. Returned live at the moment you run a skip trace. Contact databases evolve constantly, so a skip trace today may return slightly different results than the same property six months from now

What we don't have

We're upfront about the limits of any data set. Here's what The Invest Nest doesn't currently provide:

  • Fully real-time MLS data. If you need up-to-the-minute MLS access, you'll want a Realtor account on your local MLS directly

  • Off-market deals exclusive to other platforms. Some platforms have proprietary off-market lists from their own networks. We don't aggregate from competitor exclusives

  • Verified rental income data. We don't currently provide rent estimates or rent comps

  • Detailed permit and code violation history. Available through specialized tools, not currently in our data set

  • Auction data. We provide pre-foreclosure and foreclosure status but not auction listings specifically

Data accuracy and what to verify

Real estate data, even from the best providers, has a small margin of error. We recommend:

  • Verifying owner contact info before mailing or calling at scale. A small batch test (say, 10 properties) confirms quality before sending 1,000 letters

  • Cross-referencing tax and value data with the county assessor for high-value deals

  • Confirming MLS status with a Realtor before making offers, since MLS status can change quickly

For 95%+ of use cases (lead generation, list building, initial outreach), the data is accurate enough to drive real deal flow. For closing or contract decisions, layer in additional verification.

Need more help? Email info@theinvestnest.com or use the chat bubble in the bottom-right of any page.

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