Looking for recommendation on how to convert PDF into structured format

Question

I would like to do some analysis on some properties listed in an upcoming auction. Unfortunately, the city running the auction does not publish the information in a structured f

Answer 1

Convert to text with Xpdf using command pdftotext.

I converted your file with the following:

pdftottext.exe -layout -f 23 -l 510 AuctionBook2013.pdf AuctionBook2013.txt

This conversion leaves text exactly in its original layout (due to -layout option). Options -f and -l indicate the first and last page numbers of the range of pages to extract.

From there, parsing should be simple -- a number in column 8 indicates the first line of a record, a blank line ends the record. Follow the guide for the exact positioning of elements within a record.