What Is a Property Profile and How Do I Get One?

A property profile — sometimes called a property information report or a farm package — is a summary of everything public record knows about a single address. It is assembled from county recorder and assessor data, and title companies produce it as a courtesy for the real estate agents they work with. There is no charge and no obligation to open an order.

A standard California property profile includes the current vested owner and how title is held, the last sale price and recording date, the assessor's parcel number and legal description, the assessed value and annual property taxes, any open deeds of trust with lender and loan amount, a plat or parcel map, and a set of recent comparable sales from the surrounding area.

Agents use property profiles constantly: verifying that the person signing the listing agreement is actually on title, checking whether a property has an unrecorded second, pricing a listing before the appointment, preparing for an expired or FSBO conversation, and confirming lot size or vesting before writing an offer.

There are two ways to get one in Los Angeles County. The fastest is to pull it yourself: Fidelity Passport is a self-serve system, updated daily, that produces the full profile for any address in seconds — see our Fidelity Passport guide. If you are in the field, Fidelity TitleForce PRO does the same thing from your phone, described in our TitleForce PRO guide.

The second way is to ask. Send the address to Matt at 310-293-0784 or Xavi at 562-217-9933 and we will email the profile back the same business day, formatted and ready to hand to your client. If you need more than one address — a street, a tract, a ZIP code — that becomes a farm, and Fidelity Total Farm handles it on a recurring basis.

A property profile is not a preliminary title report. A profile is an informal courtesy report drawn from public records with no liability attached. A preliminary title report is issued after a title order is opened, reflects the underwriter's search, and lists the exceptions and requirements that must be cleared before a policy can issue. If you are in escrow, you need the prelim — see our guide to reading a preliminary report.

Team Goeglein at Fidelity National Title serves the South Bay and Westside LA — Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, El Segundo, Torrance, Palos Verdes, Culver City, Santa Monica, and the surrounding communities. Matt Goeglein has 37 years in title in these neighborhoods and Xavi de la Piedra IV specializes in getting agents set up on the data tools that produce these reports.