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Ghost Owner in Hidalgo County, TX

37properties match every layer today · refreshed weekly

A death on record, an empty-looking house, tax unpaid. Heirs who inherit a house they do not live in and cannot easily keep up are often open to a simple sale. Records only: it means the deed or the owner name reads as an estate, not that we know anyone has died.

The recipe

Every layer has to be true

  1. A death-related deed or an estate / heirs owner on record
  2. The house looks empty (model score or a city vacant-structure case)
  3. Property tax is past due

A property is counted only when all 3 are true at once.

What the properties look like

The Hidalgo County stack in numbers

Median county value
$100,000
Median years owned
5
Owner lives elsewhere
51%
Average tax owed
$7,000
Score 9 or 10
0%

Top ZIP codes: 78503 MCALLEN (4), 78570 MERCEDES (4), 78572 MISSION (3), 78542 EDINBURG (3), 78516 ALAMO (3), 78573 MCALLEN (3).

Examples

Three Hidalgo County properties in the stack

Three Hidalgo County properties in the Ghost Owner stack
Street and cityScore (1 to 10)Why it may sell
Nellie AveEdinburg8of 10A death-related deed or an estate / heirs owner on recordThe house looks empty (model score or a city vacant-structure case)Property tax is past due
E Wisconsin RdEdinburg8of 10A death-related deed or an estate / heirs owner on recordThe house looks empty (model score or a city vacant-structure case)Property tax is past due
N Mayberry RdMcallen8of 10A death-related deed or an estate / heirs owner on recordThe house looks empty (model score or a city vacant-structure case)Property tax is past due

Street name and city only: house numbers, owner names and mailing addresses are in the app.

How it is counted

Reading this number

Records show a death-related deed or an estate owner, the house looks empty, and the tax is unpaid.

Records only: it means the deed or the owner name reads as an estate, not that we know anyone has died. Government, bank, builder and church owners are left out. Owner names, mailing addresses and house numbers are inside the app.

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Questions

What is the Ghost Owner stack?

Records show a death-related deed or an estate owner, the house looks empty, and the tax is unpaid. It is a fixed recipe of 3 signals taken from county records; a property is in the stack only when every one is true.

How many Ghost Owner properties are in Hidalgo County, TX?

37 properties today. The count is refreshed every week, and government, bank, builder and church owners are left out.

Does Ghost Owner mean the owner wants to sell?

No. Records only: it means the deed or the owner name reads as an estate, not that we know anyone has died. It is a way to find properties where several records point the same way: a strong reason to reach out first.

Every Hidalgo County Ghost Owner property, with the reasons.

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