She scratches it by applying for grants and running small research projects with undergraduates. (sciencemag.org)
The R03 grant mechanism supports small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources.) (wcwonline.org)
In addition to a list or data mining service (like The Warren Group), if you need to do smaller research projects, you can go to the city / town's tax assessor's websites, as others have mentioned above. (biggerpockets.com)