Field notes on deal sourcing

No content marketing filler. These are the methods our own acquisition desk runs every week — written down so you can run them too, with or without PropHound.

June 12, 2026

How to read a French co-ownership bylaw before you buy

Building destination, "bourgeois occupancy" clauses, lot shares, charges: a 30-minute method to read a French règlement de copropriété and spot the clauses that kill a rental project.

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June 12, 2026

DVF: the true price per m² of any French address

France publishes every notarized property sale as open data (DVF). How to go from an address to the comparable sales of its cadastral section, the raw-file traps, and why the median beats the mean.

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June 12, 2026

Method: source off-market deals faster than the market

Off-market isn't a magic channel — it's speed plus follow-ups. A written thesis, minutes-a-day triage and systematic calls: the full method of a team that sources deals daily.

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Want the data behind the methods? Median €/m² from notarized sales in 50 French cities and home values in 30 US cities — or start sourcing free.