If you were to purchase a house in another state, wouldn’t you insist on a local real estate expert to assist you? So why then, when you are looking to purchase foreclosures, would you buy data from an out-of-state data provider with no knowledge of the New York City foreclosure market or an Internet-only data hawker who sells unchecked, dirty data riddled with inaccuracies? The answer: you wouldn’t!

The basics of real estate have remained the same for decades; there is simply no substitute for detailed expertise and service in the local market. New York City is unique because of both the economic and legal environment. The special combination of high prices and a complex regulatory structure does not exist elsewhere. Moreover, each neighborhood is distinct in terms of the factors which contribute to property values.

Profiles Publications is not a remotely-operated or unfocused Internet portal. We are superbly qualified to provide you with information about this local, complex foreclosure market.

Why Profiles?

We are New Yorkers: You can come into our office in Jackson Heights, Queens. You can call our staff and benefit from our expert local knowledge. Other providers don't know Park Slope from Parkchester.

Experience: Profiles Publications has provided New York City foreclosure information for over 18 years. Investors, realtors, lenders and the media recognize our founder, Jessica Davis, as the expert in this market. Businesses and investors constantly seek her services as both a consultant and speaker. That is why The New York Times, Newsday, New York Post, Crain's New York Business and Bloomberg Radio, CNN, Fox News, and ABC 7 Eyewitness News turn to us for insight.

Depth: Only Profiles reports the date and amount of the mortgage or tax lien in foreclosure on every single lis pendens filing and foreclosure auction we publish! We are the only provider that researches and abstracts data for all five New York City boroughs in the painstaking manner required for professional investors. Profiles’ listings provide essential details that our competitors omit.

Our Own Data and Professional Research Team: You will see our staff at the courts and the City Register's offices. While other companies simply reprint legal notices or buy and remotely aggrate dirty data from third parties, we rely exclusively on our full-time internal staff to research, collect and abstract data directly from court records.

Data Verification: To guarantee the highest level of accuracy, real people, not computers, cross-reference our data against every NYC government. We uncover discrepancies and expose inaccuracies recorded in the public record, and report to our subscribers accurate, verified data with intergrity. We are the only publisher of New York City foreclosure data that offers our own Accuracy Guarantee!

BEWARE: Dirty data hawkers are running rampant on the Internet. Most Internet-only listing services simply reprint unchecked legal notices or buy and remotely aggrate dirty data from third-parties and then claim they are doing the same meticulous research as Profiles - (some by appropriating our copy, word-for-word, from our web site)! They let quality and comprehensiveness slip in order to post information and collect on-line credit card orders as quickly as possible. They do not provide the level of accuracy, comprehensiveness and service offered by Profiles’ professionals.

Electronic delivery of foreclosure information is of no value if the data is dirty. Our presence on the Internet, established long after we developed our research methods and product lines, is solely a convenience.

In addition, we emphasize exceptional customer service — both personal as well as through the Web. In contrast, our competitors use their web-only delivery and email only contact with clients as a substitute for customer service.

Why else do other listing services remain anonymous on the Internet? Many have no physical office address, and most that do are not even in New York City or even on the East Coast. Plus, they try to provide information from all over the country. Not only is their service spread too thinly, but reliable data collection becomes impossible.

States handle foreclosures in very different ways. Our competition often misses these differences. In addition, they lack adequate or fully qualified staff in the local areas to cover the listings. Spreading coverage nation-wide inevitably means that a service will provide less attention, overall information management and cross-checking for the local area. We stay focused on New York City alone — for data accuracy and comprehensiveness — and excellent service.

If you want the best New York City foreclosure information available, call Profiles. You will speak with an expert, not a computer!