AI-powered surplus detection
Every year, properties sell at tax auction for far more than the tax debt owed. The surplus legally belongs to the former owner. Most never claim it. SurplusRadar scans public records nationwide to identify these cases and connect owners with what they're owed.
Continuously crawl county tax assessor sites, sheriff auctions, and court registries for new tax deed sales and foreclosure events.
AI compares sale price against the tax judgment. Positive difference? Flagged as a surplus case instantly.
Pull records from the county appraisal district, deed history, and property records to pinpoint the former owner.
Skip-trace current contact information across voter rolls, public databases, and communications records.
Generate completed claim forms, affidavits, and court filings — ready for the former owner to submit.
Most recovery agents work one case at a time. They manually check county sites, download PDFs, cross-reference property records, and spend hours on skip tracing. SurplusRadar automates the entire pipeline — so the same amount of effort covers hundreds of cases instead of five.
The data is public. The opportunity is large. The manual bottleneck is exactly where AI wins.
Why now
County tax sales, sheriff auctions, and court surplus lists are public record. No proprietary databases needed — just the right scraper.
New Jersey gives owners 10 years to claim. Florida gives 120 days. The longer the window, the more cases pile up unprocessed.
The market is dominated by manual operators and lead-gen services. The company that builds the automated pipeline owns the data advantage.
When a property sells for more than the taxes owed, the surplus belongs to the former owner. It always has. It's just been sitting in a court registry — waiting for someone to look.
SurplusRadar looks.