Pre-foreclosure, probate, tax delinquent, vacant and cash buyer records across Illinois's 102 counties, verified and skip-traced, delivered as a CSV. Start with ten real rows from the county you buy in.
Most foreclosures in Illinois are judicial: the lender has to sue, so the first public record is a lis pendens or foreclosure complaint filed with the court. Court cases take months, which gives you more time to reach the owner before a sale is scheduled.
Free Illinois pre-foreclosure sample →Illinois sells tax lien certificates: an investor pays the overdue tax and earns interest, and the owner keeps the property while they can still redeem. Owners on a tax delinquent list here are behind but not yet at risk of losing title, which is often when they are most open to a conversation.
Free Illinois tax delinquent sample →Owners who just received a public notice of default. First public signal that an owner may need to sell — often 60–120 days before auction.
Heirs and personal representatives of estates with real property. Inherited property often becomes a fast cash sale.
Owners 1–3 years behind on property taxes. Strong motivation, often free-and-clear properties.
USPS-verified vacant residential addresses. Vacancy strongly correlates with seller motivation.
Owners whose mailing address ≠ property address. Most non-owner-occupied stock signals investor seller pool.
Owners with at least half their property paid off. Room to negotiate; cash-offer friendly.
Investors who purchased without a recorded mortgage in the last 24 months. Closes fast, the disposition end of every wholesale deal.
Active for-sale-by-owner listings, off-MLS. Sellers who already raised their hand — no agent gatekeeper.
Listings that came off the market without selling. Frustrated sellers, ready for a fresh approach.
Plus probate heirs, code violations, divorce, bankruptcy, LLC owners, free and clear and more: all 23 record types. Where coverage is listed by metro or by number of states, the sample confirms what we have for your county.
Pick one for a free sample, or ask for any of the 102 counties in the form.
Most foreclosures in Illinois are judicial: the lender has to sue, so the first public record is a lis pendens or foreclosure complaint filed with the court. Court cases take months, which gives you more time to reach the owner before a sale is scheduled.
Tax lien certificates. Illinois sells tax lien certificates: an investor pays the overdue tax and earns interest, and the owner keeps the property while they can still redeem. Owners on a tax delinquent list here are behind but not yet at risk of losing title, which is often when they are most open to a conversation.
Yes. Pick a record type and a county and the desk posts about 10 real Illinois records to your private page, usually within one business day. No card and no call needed.
Distress filings such as pre-foreclosure and probate refresh daily to weekly from county and court sources. Tax, ownership and equity fields refresh monthly. Every row carries the date it was last checked.
You pay per record, with no subscription and a 100-record minimum. The estimator prices a file in seconds, and any row that fails verification is refunded.
State process summaries are general information to help you plan outreach, not legal advice. Rules change and some counties follow their own procedure; check the statute or the county office before bidding or acting on a filing. Use contact data in line with the TCPA, Do Not Call rules and your state’s laws.