How do you get property lead lists in Detroit, Michigan?
Detroit blight violation tickets are free on the city's open data portal at data.detroitmi.gov — filter to tickets with a balance due and download the CSV. Wayne County tax-foreclosure records for Detroit are free from Data Driven Detroit at portal.datadrivendetroit.org.
How do I pull code violations records step by step?
The City of Detroit publishes Blight Tickets — violation tickets issued to owners who failed to maintain the exterior of their property — on its official open data portal, and owners carrying an unpaid blight balance are under real financial pressure.
Go to the Detroit Open Data Portal
Navigate to data.detroitmi.gov. This is the City of Detroit's official open data portal, and everything on it is free to use with no account required.
Open the Blight Tickets dataset
Use the search box and type Blight Tickets, then open the dataset named Blight Tickets. These are blight violation tickets issued to owners who failed to maintain the exterior of their property — nearly 900,000 records going back years, updated daily.
Open the data table
On the dataset page, click View data table (or View Full Details then the table icon). You will see one row per ticket with columns like Ticket Number, Address, and Ordinance Description.
Filter to tickets that still owe money
Open the Filter panel (funnel icon) and filter the Balance Due column (amt_balance_due) to greater than 0. Owners with an unpaid blight balance are under real financial pressure — these are the motivated sellers.
Sort by newest tickets first
Click the Ticket Issued Date column header and sort it descending so the most recently issued tickets appear at the top of the table.
Download the list
Click the Download button on the left side of the page and choose CSV. This gives you a spreadsheet you can open in Excel or Google Sheets and work through at your own pace.
Record the data
For each lead, capture the ticket number (case number), ordinance description (what the violation is), collection status, property owner name, property address and ZIP code, parcel ID, the ticket issued date, and the judgment date if one exists.
How do I pull tax foreclosure records step by step?
Data Driven Detroit (D3) publishes the Wayne County Treasurer's tax-foreclosure records, listing every Detroit property that appeared in the Treasurer's September tax-foreclosure auction from 2002 through 2013.
Go to the Data Driven Detroit portal
Navigate to portal.datadrivendetroit.org. Data Driven Detroit (D3) publishes Wayne County and City of Detroit property datasets, including the Wayne County Treasurer's tax-foreclosure records.
Find the tax foreclosure dataset
Search for Archival Tax Foreclosures in Detroit, 2002 - 2013 and open the dataset with that exact name. It lists every Detroit property that appeared in the Wayne County Treasurer's September tax-foreclosure auction — over 83,000 parcels.
Open the data table
Click View data table (under Records) or View Full Details and then the table view. Each row is a foreclosed parcel with its address and the years it went to auction.
Sort by the most recent auction year
Click the Last Auction Year column header and sort descending so parcels foreclosed most recently in the file appear first. Parcels that show up in multiple years were foreclosed repeatedly — often the most distressed owners.
Download the list
Back on the dataset page, click Download and choose CSV to pull the full list into Excel or Google Sheets.
Record the data
For each lead, capture the parcel number, property address, city, ZIP code, and the last auction year (the date the tax foreclosure went to sale). Note this is a historical file covering 2002-2013, so pair it with current owner lookups on the Wayne County or Detroit assessor sites before mailing.
What property data does Wayne County publish?
| Code Violations | data.detroitmi.gov · ArcGIS · FREE |
| Tax Foreclosure | portal.datadrivendetroit.org · ArcGIS · FREE |
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| List type | Records | New in 30 days |
|---|---|---|
| Foreclosure | 83,378 | 83,378 |
| Code Violation | 15,435 | 15,435 |
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