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Source 1State research directory
State guides for commercial property research
Start with the state where the property sits, then follow the guide’s specific source and authority path. A state guide explains a useful local research workflow; it does not imply that every property or jurisdiction has been ingested. Use the worksheet to preserve identifiers, document scope and the next authority question.
Explore practical guides by asset type or state, with source references, worked examples and editable kits.
Choose a useful starting point
Match the guide to the work on your desk.
Open the working example
Inspect the fictional example before entering your own property. It shows how the guide’s specific evidence gaps turn into requests and reviewer tasks. The example is a teaching file, not an observed property or market result.
Keep the related question close
Cross into an asset guide when local records need operating context. A statewide source path is useful alongside the specific property workflow.
Using the collection
What can you do with these guides?
Is this a dataset of available properties?
No. It is a collection of research and acquisition-workflow guides with editable worksheets. Source inventories, verified property samples and future studies are identified separately.
Do I need a research report to use a kit?
No. Start with the worked example or the evidence already in your deal file. The output is a review sheet with missing information and specific next actions.
How will the collection improve over time?
New research can add dated findings, source-backed samples and deeper examples to the existing guide. The useful method, source trail and kit remain accessible between report editions.
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51 guides
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Virginia
Research commercial property across every Virginia county and CRE asset type. Find the right record custodians and build an editable acquisition evidence register.
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New York
Research commercial property across every New York county and CRE asset type. Find the right record custodians and build an editable acquisition evidence register.
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Alabama
Connect Alabama facility records to the offered real estate, current activity and proposed reuse before requesting environmental and operating review.
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Alaska
Trace the people, freight and utility routes serving an Alaska acquisition through access instruments and operating-season evidence.
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Arizona
Distinguish Arizona water evidence, provider responsibilities and a project-specific service commitment before treating supply as a development input.
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Arkansas
Use Arkansas parcel metadata as a starting point for connecting a park footprint, site roster and home interests, with unresolved matches recorded.
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California
Use HCD's park and enforcement-agency guidance to connect the California park identity, local authority and documents needed for acquisition review.
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Colorado
Follow Colorado water-right record paths while keeping the land, claimed interest, proposed use and physical delivery arrangements distinct.
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Connecticut
Connect a Connecticut office's parcel and assessor record to municipal use, building and service questions before developing a conversion thesis.
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Delaware
Keep Delaware entity records, property interests and tenant identities in separate fields before accepting an ownership match or transaction role.
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District of Columbia
Match the building boundary and reporting period across DC energy, occupancy and property records before comparing performance assumptions.
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Florida
Connect Florida lodging-license and property-record pathways without assuming the licensed operation, assessed parcel and business sold are identical.
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Georgia
Identify road responsibility, site-entry records and proposed vehicle movements before treating a Georgia corridor location as workable logistics access.
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Hawaii
Use Hawaii conveyance-record guidance to distinguish land, leasehold and business interests before reviewing hotel tenure and transfer obligations.
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Idaho
Use Idaho water-system records to identify the relevant provider, then request a response tied to the proposed project's use and connection assumptions.
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Illinois
Use Cook County as a bounded Illinois example for reconciling assessed parcels, buildings and leased space before consolidating an industrial property.
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Indiana
Compare Indiana property-record information with floor plans, lease exhibits and utility evidence to review the building's actual bay configuration.
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Iowa
Connect Iowa environmental record paths to the historical property footprint and proposed agricultural or industrial reuse, keeping gaps visible.
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Kansas
Use Wichita's zoning-case path as a Kansas example, connecting the proposed outdoor activity to governing records, conditions and site evidence.
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Kentucky
Keep the Kentucky lodging operation, assessed real estate and business interest separate while assembling the records needed for a hotel acquisition.
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Louisiana
Track the flood-map layer, building position and separate drainage or elevation evidence used in a Louisiana commercial-property review.
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Maine
Review a Maine campground or lodge's operating calendar, site inventory and seasonal water records before assuming a longer operating period.
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Maryland
Connect Maryland care-facility and property record paths while preserving the distinction between the licensee, operation and real estate acquired.
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Massachusetts
Use Boston as a Massachusetts example for connecting laboratory registration and building records to a defined activity and technical review.
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Michigan
Organize Michigan EGLE record pathways, dated environmental documents and proposed site work into a targeted industrial-reuse review file.
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Minnesota
Use Minnesota food-program records as a starting point, then request temperature, equipment and responsibility evidence for the proposed warehouse use.
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Mississippi
Use Harrison County as a Mississippi example for separating assessed parcels, tenant premises, outparcels and shared retail-center obligations.
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Missouri
Keep rentable-unit evidence separate from expansion land and Missouri construction-stormwater questions before assuming additional storage capacity.
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Montana
Follow Montana water-record paths while connecting the proposed rural operation, season and physical supply to evidence that a specialist can review.
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Nebraska
Connect Nebraska grain-facility records to buildings, equipment and operating interests without treating licensed bushel capacity as real-estate area.
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Nevada
Distinguish an SNWA nearest-source inquiry from provider responsibility, a feasible connection route and project-specific service conditions.
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New Hampshire
Use Manchester as a New Hampshire example for matching flex-space suites, tenant activity and occupancy documents before assuming a use can continue.
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New Jersey
Connect NJDOT access records to private rights and site circulation before using highway proximity as evidence for a logistics acquisition.
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New Mexico
Read the OSE Municipal Water Rights layer's identifiers and status fields, then request the underlying file and a project-specific supply response.
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North Carolina
Keep effective maps, proposed changes and current-condition observations distinct when assembling a North Carolina acquisition review.
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North Dakota
Separate regional workforce or tourism context from a property's contracted demand, room inventory and actual operating-period evidence.
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Ohio
Bridge parcel, address and facility identifiers for Ohio tank-record research, preserve historical names, and document gaps for environmental review.
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Oklahoma
Use Oklahoma well-record paths to organize identifiers and legal descriptions while keeping surface interests, access and operating dependencies distinct.
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Oregon
Connect urban growth boundary context to local planning and service evidence without treating a mapped designation as an approved project.
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Pennsylvania
Turn a mapped Pennsylvania environmental record into a targeted request for documents, historical boundaries and proposed-work review.
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Rhode Island
Use Providence as a Rhode Island example for connecting assessed parcels, residential units and commercial premises to the acquired income interests.
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South Carolina
Trace SCDOT encroachment records, road responsibility and private access evidence before treating a logistics site's gate as an approved connection.
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South Dakota
Compare campground license and layout records with the sites offered, operating season and agreements used in a South Dakota acquisition.
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Tennessee
Separate the medical office, practice and any regulated facility while reviewing Tennessee record paths, fit-out duties and operating scope.
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Texas
Reconcile county parcel identifiers, acreage fields and data vintages before requesting the boundary and exclusion evidence for an IOS yard review.
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Utah
Match the current housing concept to Utah water-file references, amendments and provider responses before assuming service for proposed units.
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Vermont
Follow project identity, decisions and amendments through the Act 250 record path before relying on an earlier approval for a proposed reuse.
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Washington
Connect the building, meters and reporting period to owner-authorized energy records before interpreting Washington Clean Buildings evidence.
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West Virginia
Connect West Virginia record-discovery paths to historical features and the proposed operating footprint before reviewing access or grading assumptions.
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Wisconsin
Use RR Sites Map and associated documents to connect cleanup history, ongoing obligations and the proposed work in a redevelopment review.
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Wyoming
Follow the State Engineer's retrieval instructions for older groundwater permits, then connect the record to the rural property's operating questions.
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Follow each claim to its source.
Loudoun parcel layer: field definitions
Loudoun County · Checked 2026-09-29
Observed schema lists GIS acreage, legal acreage, plat references and update fields.
- Schema review only. No parcel query, acreage comparison or completeness audit was performed.
Understanding geographic identifiers
US Census Bureau · Checked 2026-09-30
Explains geographic identifiers and their role in joining statistical information at a defined geographic level. This is not a national parcel identifier system.
- Method or documentation reference; no property-level extraction or market study was performed for this guide.