Record Flag

Property Alerts - California, Texas and Florida

Foreclosure alerts, cited to the county record.

New notices of default and trustee's sale, clerk sale dates and every postponement, tax defaults and code-enforcement liens in the counties you work. Usually the same day the county posts it, in plain English, with a link to the source document.

For real-estate investors, agents and brokers, title and escrow officers, and attorneys who work with distressed property.

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  • Sources: county recorders, clerks, courts, tax collectors and city agendas
  • Checked every day
  • Every alert links to the source document

What you get

The public record on distressed property in your area, kept current, without checking a dozen county websites.

New filings, fast

Notices of default and trustee's sale in California, notices of trustee's sale in Texas, lis pendens and foreclosure cases in Florida. Usually the same day the county posts it.

Sale dates, kept current

We follow each case after the first notice. Postponements, cancellations, rescissions and sales arrive as new alerts, so a dead lead does not stay on your list.

Plain English, with the document

Each alert says what happened and what comes next, lists the amounts, trustee and lender the record states, quotes it word for word and links the source.

More than foreclosures

Tax-defaulted property, tax sales and code-enforcement liens from the same counties, including liens that cities and counties approve in public meetings and never record.

How it works

  1. Pick your areaCounties, a whole state or all three. Narrow it to cities, ZIP codes or a radius around a point, and to the signals you care about.
  2. We read the county recordRecorder indexes, trustee's sale notices, court dockets, tax-collector lists and city and county agendas, each on its own schedule, most at least daily.
  3. You get the alertBy instant email or a daily digest, with a CSV download. Team plans can also send each alert to a webhook or read it from the API.

What an alert looks like

A made-up example to show the format. Real alerts use the same layout with the county's live records.

SAMPLE - not a real notice, property, owner or company
Subject: [Record Flag] Property Alerts: 4 new items
Watch: Riverside and Fresno counties, CA - Harris County, TX - Orange County, FL - foreclosures, sale changes, tax and code liens
Sale postponed

Trustee's sale moved to Tuesday, Nov 17, 2026

Sale Nov 17, 2026, 9:00 AM PT (was Oct 20)
Riverside County, CA - Moreno Valley 92553 - APN 000-000-000 (sample) - TS No. SAMPLE-CA-0001
Property: street address as printed - Owner of record: as printed

The trustee moved this sale four weeks. It is the second postponement on this case. Estimated unpaid balance on the notice: $412,906.18.

"The sale has been postponed to 11/17/2026 at 9:00 AM."
Source: trustee's sale listing, updated Oct 9, 2026 (sample link)

Verify with the trustee before you act; sale dates change.

New notice of trustee's sale

Foreclosure sale set for Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026

Sale Nov 3, 2026, starting no earlier than 10:00 AM CT
Harris County, TX - Houston 77002 - filed with the county clerk Oct 9, 2026 - File SAMPLE-TX-0002
Property: street address as printed - Owner of record: Example Holdings LLC

A substitute trustee filed notice that this property will be sold at the county's first-Tuesday foreclosure sale, 25 days after filing. Lender: Example Mortgage Trust. Substitute trustee: Sample Trustee Services.

"Date of Sale: 11/03/2026. The earliest time the sale will begin is 10:00 AM."
Source: Harris County Clerk, foreclosure notice filing (sample link)

Verify with the trustee before you act; sale dates change.

Clerk's sale scheduled

Foreclosure sale set for Thursday, Oct 29, 2026

Online sale Oct 29, 2026, 11:00 AM ET
Orange County, FL - Orlando 32805 - Case No. 2026-CA-SAMPLE
Property: street address as printed - Defendant: as printed

The court entered a final judgment of foreclosure for $187,420.15 on Oct 1, 2026, and the clerk's sale is set 28 days later. Florida clerk's sales are often cancelled or reset.

"... the Clerk of the Court shall sell the property at public sale to the highest bidder for cash on October 29, 2026, at 11:00 AM."
Source: Orange County Clerk of Courts, case record (sample link)

Verify with the clerk before you act; sale dates change.

Code enforcement lien

$6,240 in unpaid abatement costs confirmed against a parcel

Fresno County, CA - Fresno 93706 - APN 000-000-00 (sample) - Board of Supervisors, Oct 6, 2026

The board confirmed what the county spent cleaning up this property and is adding the unpaid amount to its property-tax bill. Costs added to the tax bill this way are often never recorded, so they are easy to miss.

"Confirm the report of unpaid abatement costs and direct the Auditor-Controller to add the costs to the tax roll as special assessments."
Source: Board of Supervisors agenda item and attached report (sample link)

Verify with the county before you act.

Sample for illustration only. The counties and public offices are real, but these notices, cases, parcels, owners and companies are invented. Real alerts show the record as the county printed it, including the property address and owner of record, and link the source document.

Coverage

Three states, county by county. Each state forecloses differently: here is what we watch in each, and the counties we read today.

California

Non-judicial. A notice of default is recorded first. At least three months later the trustee can give notice of the sale, at least 20 days ahead. Sales are often postponed, sometimes many times.

Also: tax-defaulted property and the tax collector's notices of power to sell, and code-enforcement liens from city and county agendas.

Counties we read today: Colusa County, Contra Costa County, El Dorado County, Humboldt County, Imperial County, Inyo County, Lake County, Lassen County, Los Angeles County, Mariposa County, Mendocino County, Modoc County, Mono County, Monterey County, Napa County, Orange County, Plumas County, Sacramento County, San Diego County, San Francisco County, San Joaquin County, San Mateo County, Santa Barbara County, Santa Cruz County, Sierra County, Solano County, Sonoma County, Stanislaus County, Tehama County, Trinity County

Signals: foreclosure notices and trustee sales, tax defaults and tax sales, code enforcement cases, abatement liens, receiverships, lis pendens, utility liens

Texas

Non-judicial. A notice of trustee's sale is filed with the county clerk and posted at least 21 days before the sale. Sales are held on the first Tuesday of the month.

Also: tax sales, and code-enforcement liens from city and county agendas.

Counties we read today: Bexar County, Collin County, El Paso County, Hidalgo County, Tarrant County

Signals: foreclosure notices and trustee sales, tax defaults and tax sales, code enforcement cases

Florida

Judicial. A lis pendens and a foreclosure lawsuit start the case. After a final judgment, the clerk sells the property, usually 20 to 35 days later.

Also: tax deed applications and sales, and code-enforcement liens.

Counties we read today: Brevard County, Hillsborough County, Miami-Dade County, Osceola County

Signals: foreclosure cases and clerk sales, tax defaults and tax sales, code enforcement cases, lis pendens

Who it is for

Real-estate investors

New notices and changed sale dates in the counties you buy in, before the lists everyone mails go out.

Agents and brokers

What is filed in your farm area, by ZIP code or city, with the document to read before you call anyone.

Title and escrow

Foreclosure, tax and lien activity on the parcels and areas you work.

Attorneys

New foreclosure filings and sale dates in your courts and counties, cited to the record.

What it is, and what it is not

It is

  • Alerts on new public records and on changes to them, by county
  • The source document with every item
  • A CSV, webhook or API feed for the tools you already use

It is not

  • A skip-tracing tool, phone list or dialer: we do not sell owner contact data or search for people
  • A consumer report: not for tenant screening, credit, insurance or employment decisions
  • Legal advice, or a substitute for checking with the trustee or clerk

Pricing

Start with a free 14-day trial for one county, no card needed. Paid plans are priced by area: the counties you work, a whole state, or all three states. Monthly or yearly, cancel online any time.

Same day. Alerts usually arrive the same day the county posts the record, on every plan, free trial included.

Free for 14 days. Try the County plan on one county, no card needed. When the trial ends, alerts stop unless you pick a plan.

In Texas a notice of sale goes up about three weeks before the sale, and California sales move often: a postponement you hear about late can already be out of date.

Founding prices for the first 100 Property Alerts customers: County $19/month per county and Statewide $49/month per state.

Founding prices are for monthly billing. Locked in for as long as your subscription stays active: renewals and any counties or states you add keep the founding price. The renewal terms you agree to before you pay say so too.

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Founding price $19/month

$29/month

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or $290 a year (2 months free)

For agents and investors who work one or two counties.

  • Every signal in the county: foreclosure notices, sale dates and postponements, tax defaults and code liens
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California, Texas and Florida.

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$149/month

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For small investor teams, brokerages and law offices.

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Prices in US dollars. Taxes may apply. Paid plans renew automatically every month, or every year on yearly billing, until you cancel. You read the full renewal terms before you pay, and you can cancel any time online from your account. Property Alerts is its own subscription; the same account can also hold contract and county alerts. All Record Flag prices.

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Enter your work email. You are signed in right away and go to your Property Alerts page to pick your county for a free 14-day trial, or choose a paid plan there. We also email you a link to confirm your address. No card needed.

Questions

How fast are the alerts?

Usually the same day the county posts the record, on every plan and during the free trial. We check each source on its own schedule, most at least daily. Some records are published only weekly or once a year, such as tax-default lists; those reach you the day we find them.

How accurate is it?

Every alert quotes the record and links the source, so you can check it in one click. We follow each case through postponements, cancellations and sales. Records can still be late or wrong at the source, automated reading can miss things, and sale dates change often: verify with the trustee or clerk before you act.

Where does the data come from?

Public records only: county recorder indexes, trustee's sale notices filed with county clerks, court dockets, tax-collector lists, and city and county meeting agendas. We read them the way the public does: no logins, and we follow each site's robots.txt and terms of use. We keep the original documents so every alert can be traced back.

Does a postponed sale send a new alert?

Yes. A new sale date, a cancellation, a rescission or a sale result is a new alert, with the previous date shown next to the new one.

What can't I use Property Alerts for?

Property Alerts is not a consumer report and Record Flag is not a consumer reporting agency. Do not use it for tenant screening or for credit, insurance or employment decisions, or any other decision about a person's eligibility under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Our terms also prohibit harassment, and if you contact owners in foreclosure you must follow the laws on foreclosure consultants and equity purchasers (California Civil Code 2945 and 1695 and the Texas and Florida equivalents) and do-not-call rules.

Do you include owner phone numbers or emails?

No. We do not sell phone numbers, emails or other contact data, and we do not offer a person search. Alerts show what the public record says.

A record is about my property. Can I have it removed?

Yes. Send a removal request and we remove the property from Property Alerts within one business day. If you are facing foreclosure, a HUD-approved housing counseling agency can help at no cost.

Are you part of the county, the court or the trustee?

No. Record Flag is an independent service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any county, court, clerk, trustee or lender.

Can I cancel?

Yes, any time, from your account. Paid plans stay active until the end of the period you paid for.