When you're running a search using our filter, you oftentimes will have multiple criteria in the search. If there are too many filters you may get few results and it's difficult to figure out what the main cause is.
Let's give an example...
If you use > price less than $150K, 3 beds minimum, 2 baths minimum in Denver, CO - ALL of the criteria will have to be TRUE at the same time for any of the search result matches. A house that is less than $150K that only has 2 bedrooms will not be a match (we said a minimum of 3 beds). A house in Denver, CO with a price of $151K ($1000 over our $150K maximum) will also not be a match.
Be conscious of the date rage
Privy's default search for the date range is "The last month". So if you're running a search and you don't have many matches that could be one of the causes. Change the date range to "All" to see if you get new matches.
What about things like foreclosures in the Quick Filters section?
This also applies to the "Quick Filters". If you add "Foreclosure" to the example above then only properties that are in Foreclosure AND (price less than $150K, 3 beds minimum, 2 baths minimum in Denver, CO) would be a match. Let's say your only main criteria was that the properties needed to be in Houston, TX, and you selected Foreclosures, Senior Owner, Vacant, and Zombie Properties. Then ALL of those would have to be TRUE for each property that is a match. Meaning if there was a house that is in Houston, is in Foreclosure, is vacant, is a Zombie property - BUT does not have a Senior Owner - then it wouldn't be a match.
A good rule of thumb...
When creating a search that you plan on having multiple filters included, start broad and then refine it as you go. In the above example in Houston... try selecting "Foreclosure" by itself and run the search. If there are matches, add another filter, and so on...
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One more thing about Foreclosures
The search filters "Foreclosure" and "Pre-Foreclosure" are often mutually exclusive. This means if you search for foreclosures in one market you usually will not ALSO find pre-foreclosures. So if you run a search for pre-foreclosures and there are zero or very few matches then, for that market the "Foreclosure" category will likely be found in the "Foreclosure" filter.
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