ZIP explorer
Compare aggregate listings, permits, and recorded market activity by ZIP. These signals help narrow a search; they do not answer what can be built on a specific property.
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Preparing public signals and workspace tools.
DirtIQ for custom home builders
A shared case file for land decisions.
DirtIQ brings market discovery up front and a review workflow behind it: where to look, what supports a candidate, and what your team should do next.
01DirtIQ workflow
Where should I look?
An acquisition is buying land for a building project. Infill is a new home within an established neighborhood. A tear-down is an existing home considered for replacement; that label does not establish that replacement is allowed.
Buy box and saved views
A buy box is the criteria your team uses to screen candidates. Save criteria such as target ZIPs, lot area, price, and intended use, then return to the same search.
Map and shortlist
Use the workspace map and property list to inspect candidates in your authorized territory. A parcel is one property under review.
02DirtIQ workflow
What supports this opportunity?
A parcel is one property under review. Its shared case file holds observations, source dates, open questions, and review. Diligence means checking records, site conditions, and permissions before a purchase. Comps (comparable sales) are sales of similar properties used as reference points, not appraisals.
Parcel evidence
Keep source observations, dates, notes, and unresolved questions together. Unknown facts stay unknown until a source supports them.
Comparable sales and permits
Review dated sale records and permit signals as context. A permit record does not establish approval for a proposed project.
Freshness and source status
See when a check was recorded and whether its source completed, failed, or returned a dated negative finding. Recently checked describes freshness, not completeness or correctness.
Buildability questions
Buildability asks whether a specific plan can fit the site's physical conditions and applicable rules. DirtIQ can track the question; it does not determine the answer.
03DirtIQ workflow
What should my team do next?
Turn open questions into owned work. The workspace keeps the next action, responsible teammate, and review history with the parcel.
Tasks and handoffs
Assign a teammate, due date, and dependencies. Record the work completed or return an unresolved item to the queue.
Versioned scenarios
A scenario is a versioned set of assumptions about costs and possible outcomes. Changes create a new review point rather than silently changing an earlier decision.
Independent review
Underwriting is the team's financial review before committing to a purchase. Submit a specific scenario version for a separate review, then record whether to pursue, hold, or pass.
Evidence before estimates.
Keep a signal in its lane.
The working model is source observation, reviewed finding, then decision. An empty result, a failed source request, and a verified negative finding are different states.
- Buy-box matching reflects company criteria. Evidence confidence reflects support. Decision readiness retains its blockers.
- Scores help teams prioritize. They do not replace source review, comparable-sale verification, site diligence, or human judgment.
- A missing listing match is not proof that a parcel is off market.
- Missing or restricted URLs do not become invented listing searches. Scheduled email and automatic source monitoring are not enabled.
Sample case file — illustrative
A ZIP signal becomes an honest next step.
This workflow illustration uses only public ZIP-level aggregates. It is not a real parcel, completed review, comp, or property-specific finding.
01 · Source observation
ZIP 77401 aggregate
Observed in the public ZIP explorer. The date below is the latest ZIP-level source activity available, not a parcel check date.
- Market records
- 25
- Active listings
- 0
- Recently sold/listed
- 4
- Permit signals
- 7
- Needs review
- 18
- Recently checked
- 25
Latest source activity: .
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Explore first. Sign in when it is time to work the evidence.
ZIP-level market signals are public. Parcel records and team work stay in the authorized workspace.