Everything Parsell does, and what's free
Every tax deed auction, tax lien auction and over-the-counter listing Parsell tracks is free to browse on the map with a free account. No credit card. You pay only for deeper reports, AI Smart search, Max bid and premium imagery.
What every free account gets
The map, the listings and the parcel summaries are free. So is the auction calendar, a first report and financing requests.
Every auction and OTC listing on the map
Tax deed auctions, tax lien auctions, over-the-counter (OTC) land and OTC liens from county rosters, all on one map. Purple pins are tax deed auctions, amber are tax lien auctions, pink is OTC land the county sells directly, and teal is OTC liens. Each pin shows the opening bid or the county's asking price.
A parcel summary on every parcel
Click any parcel, listed or not, for the owner, property lines, acreage, address, assessed land and building value, zoning, land use, sales history and neighboring owners, plus the Parsell Estimate and how the opening bid compares to it. Listed parcels add flood, wetland and slope breakdowns. There is no monthly limit on summaries.
Map overlays for site conditions
FEMA flood zones, NWI wetlands and wetland setbacks, streams, slope, SSURGO soils, zoning, public land, sewer, electric, gas and water service areas, well logs, septic records, wildfire hazard, current fire perimeters and burn scars, Superfund, brownfield and state cleanup sites, cemeteries and schools, where the county or agency publishes them.
Filters that screen before you click
Filter by sale type, state and county, price, acreage, bare land or buildable, road access, flood zone, wetlands, distance to a Superfund site, restricted groundwater, slope, distance to a road, zoning, price against the Parsell Estimate and auction date.
Road, USDA aerial and USGS topo base maps
Switch between a street map, USDA aerial photography and USGS topographic maps on any parcel.
County auction calendar
Auction dates for every county Parsell tracks, with the properties you track alongside them and a reminder for anything in the next 14 days. Free accounts track up to 3 properties.
One free Quick look report
Run one Quick look report on any parcel you choose, with the hazard screen, the Parsell Estimate and a max bid. It's one per verified phone number, for the life of the account.
Financing requests
Parsell has partnered with a lender to help finance land purchases. Request financing from the end of any report, on any plan including Free, and the lender will get in touch. Requesting is free and doesn't commit you to a loan.
Rosters kept current
County lists are re-checked on a schedule. When a county drops a parcel from its sale, usually because the owner paid the taxes, it comes off the map.
Four reports, from a quick screen to everything
Run a report on the parcels that survive the map. Each one is researched from county, state and federal records.
Every report includes
- The county record: owner, legal description, parcel boundary, auction date and opening bid when it's on a roster, assessed value history, tax status and delinquency history, last sale and sales history
- A hazard screen: wetlands and their setback buffer, FEMA flood zone, how much of the land is gentle enough to build on, road access or landlocked, distance to the nearest EPA Superfund site, restricted groundwater areas, county building moratoriums, zoning and minimum lot size
- The Parsell Estimate as a range, and a max bid for the return you want
- A plain-English summary written from the report's findings
- PDF download, and up to 25 parcels combined in one report
Quick look
A one-page screen that answers whether a parcel is worth a closer look.
- Everything every report runs: the county record, the hazard screen, the Parsell Estimate and a max bid
- Free
- 1, no card; then 5 for $4.99
- Bidder
- 20 a month, extras 10 for $4.99
- Pro
- 75 a month, extras 25 for $7.99
- Investor
- 300 a month, extras 50 for $9.99
Due diligence
For a parcel you're planning to bid on: can you build, what is it worth, and what comes with the title.
- Everything in a Quick look
- Whether the zoning allows a house, plus setbacks, height limits and outbuilding rules
- Septic feasibility from soils, slope and setbacks
- Electric, gas, water and sewer providers and how to connect, and the school district
- Comparable recent sales nearby and a market value built from them
- Who owns the lots around it, and nearby EPA-listed sites
- Recorder documents for the parcel: the current deed, liens, tax liens and deeds of trust and which have a release, easements and deed restrictions, and probate records
- Which liens survive the tax sale under that state's law and which the sale wipes out
- Free
- $19.99 each
- Bidder
- 3 a month, extras $9.99
- Pro
- 15 a month, extras $4.99
- Investor
- 40 a month, extras $2.99
Full report
Everything Parsell can find on a parcel, including a site analysis from the air.
- Everything in Due diligence, with up to 10 comparable sales and the full chain of title
- Land cover, buildings and ponds traced from aerial imagery (beta)
- Driveways, power lines and utility equipment (beta)
- Aerial imagery back to 2010 and what changed on the land (beta)
- Highest and best use: keep, split, farm, timber or solar, with value ranges (beta)
- Free
- $39.99 each
- Bidder
- $24.99 each
- Pro
- 10 a month, extras $9.99
- Investor
- 100 a month, extras $4.99
Custom
Pick only the sections you need.
- Choose any mix of comps, utilities, septic, neighbors, title and site analysis
- Counts as a Quick look, Due diligence or Full report depending on the sections you pick
AI Smart search
Describe the land you want the way you'd say it out loud. Smart search turns it into filters on the map and checks the listings that are left.
"Buildable parcels over 5 acres under $10,000 with road access in Washington, no flood zone"
- Bidder
- 30 a month of AI chat
- Pro
- 150 a month of AI chat
- Investor
- 500 a month of AI chat
- Turns your request into exact filters first: price, acres, buildable land, slope, road access, flood, wetlands, Superfund, restricted groundwater, bare land or a building, zoning, price against the Parsell Estimate, timber, room under your max bid, lien checks, sale type, auction dates, states, report tags, and words in the address, legal description or owner name.
- Then asks AI about anything a filter can't express, parcel by parcel, on what's left.
- The assistant can move the map, switch overlays and filters, read a report you have open, look at a property, explain how a county's sale works (deposits, payment terms, how to bid) and help you set up Max bid.
- Smart search and the Max bid assistant share one monthly pool of AI chat messages.
Max bid, set up your way
Max bid is the most you can pay at auction and still make the return you want. Parsell works it out for every listing on the map, from your own numbers.
It starts from the Parsell Estimate (low, middle or high end of the range), applies your value rules, takes off your selling cost, deal costs and holding costs, applies your margin curve and then any dollar rules. Every input is shown, so you can see what drives the number.
- Bidding style: Conservative, Balanced, Aggressive, or a margin curve you shape yourself.
- Your costs: selling cost (10% by default), deal costs ($5,000 by default), yearly holding cost and how long you'll hold.
- "Don't bid when" switches: wetland over a share you choose, flood zone or floodway, no road access, near or on a Superfund site, slope over a limit, too little usable land, an existing building, or a restricted groundwater area.
- Rules: skip a parcel, subtract or add a dollar amount, adjust per acre or per unit, or scale the value by a percentage, when conditions you choose are met.
- Formula rules on Pro and Investor, for your own math.
- Saved presets, and different settings for each state or county you bid in.
- Tax lien settings per state: interest rate, months to redemption, deed costs and a worst-case cap, with a 10% target return by default.
- A Max bid assistant that explains the number and changes your settings in plain English.
| By plan | Bidder | Pro | Investor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saved max bids | 3 | 25 | Unlimited |
| Rules running at once | 10 | 40 | 40 |
| Formula rules | — | Included | Included |
| Your own presets | 10 | 30 | 30 |
| Settings by state or county | 10 | 100 | Unlimited |
| Max bid assistant | Uses AI chat messages | Uses AI chat messages | Uses AI chat messages |
Financing through our lending partner
Every plan, Free includedParsell has partnered with a lender to help finance land purchases. Every report ends with a short request form: your name, phone, email and what you'd like to finance. The lender reviews it and gets in touch. It's free on every plan, Free included, and requesting doesn't commit you to a loan. The lender makes every lending decision.
What you pay for
Plans start at $19.99 a month. Each one adds report allowances and the tools below.
Due diligence and Full reports
Comparable sales, title and lien review, buildability and septic, utilities, and on Full reports a site analysis from aerial imagery and a highest-and-best-use estimate. Included allowances each month, with extras at your plan's price.
AI Smart search and assistant
Describe the land you want in plain English and Smart search turns it into filters on the map. The assistant can also read your report and help you set up Max bid.
Max bid on every listing
The most to bid and still hit your return, shown on every listing, built from your own costs, margins and rules.
Google satellite, historical imagery and Street View
High-resolution satellite, historical aerials to see how the land has changed, and Street View for a look from the road.
Unlimited tracking and site markup
Track as many properties as you want, and mark driveways, structures, debris or other site features on any parcel.
Every limit, by plan, is on pricing.
Live listings in 39 counties
You can also look up land that isn't for sale. Parcel lines and county records are on the map across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, and most of Colorado.