findings

• Cook County Assessor (property taxes)
  • PIN: 16-01-200-013-0000
• Cook County Circuit Clerk
  • search by name (as defendent)
    • wow, there's a lot of court cases, especially from 2006 on. Did he start having serious financial problems in 2006?
  • search by name (as plaintiff)
    the empire strikes back
• Cook County Recorder of Deeds
  • PIN number search (NOTE that grantor=seller, grantee=purchaser)
  • search by owner. So, all told, the property he owns/owned is:

    first record found	PIN	address	property type
    ?	17-20-401-060-1003	1700 S Carpenter St, unit# 2A	condo
    01/16/2002	17-32-406-023-0000	916 W 36th St	six-flat
    01/18/2008	17-20-401-032-0000	1706 S Carpenter St	three-flat
    04/09/1998	16-01-200-013-0000	1509 N California Ave	four-flat
    1997	17-03-203-009-1218	2 E Oak St, unit# 1108	condo
    1994	17-10-132-037-1259	405 N Wabash Ave, unit# 1808	condo

  • interesting records
    • 1998 -- TRUSTEES DEED (when Mr. Valentino purchased the building)
    • court case 1991-M1-400216 (can't find this??)
      • 1991 -- LIS PENDENS
      • TODO: go to the Chancery Division of the Clerk, use one of the Public Access Terminals there, and see if I can find this anywhere
        • case number: 1991-M1-400216
        • defendent: George Alvarado
        • filing date: 15 Jan 1991
    • court case 2001-M1-404383
      • 2001 -- LIS PENDENS (code violation)
      • 2003 -- resolution of the 2001 lis pendens
      • TODO: get a copy of microfilm #MD001313760
        • submit a File Request Form for this case#
        • take the form to the Civil Division of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and if the record is available, they'll produce it while I wait