How PropertiesGPS works.
MLS coverage, foreclosure calendar, AI features, distress signals, alerts, and how we compare to the tools investors already know.
What markets do you currently cover?
PropertiesGPS is launched in Lee County, Florida — including Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Lehigh Acres, Bonita Springs, Estero, Sanibel, and Fort Myers Beach. See live coverage at /markets.
Do you show MLS listings too?
Yes. The Active tab on /opportunities streams live MLS listings via our licensed feed — list price, days-on-market, status (Active / Pending / Contingent), and MLS number alongside the off-market and distress inventory you won't find on Zillow.
Can I see foreclosure auctions?
Yes. /auctions is a live foreclosure auction calendar for Lee County. Drill into any sale date at /auctions/$county/$date to see the parcels going to the courthouse steps that day.
Where does your data come from?
Public records (Lee County Property Appraiser parcel fabric, Lee Clerk Official Records for distress filings and the foreclosure auction calendar), FEMA flood zones, NOAA storm history, a licensed MLS / RentCast feed for active listings and rent comps, Google Street View plus Lee County GIS aerial and tax-map imagery for property photos, and licensed property data providers for AVM, ownership, and sales history. Full breakdown at /methodology.
How fresh is your data?
Distress filings refresh nightly. Foreclosure auction calendar refreshes daily. Tax-delinquent list refreshes weekly. MLS list-price and status updates flow in every ~15 minutes during market hours (per-address cache up to 24h). Parcel fabric refreshes weekly. AVM and rental comps refresh on access.
How accurate is the Investment Score?
The 0–100 score blends five inputs — projected cash flow, downside risk (insurance + flood + assessment exposure), appreciation trajectory, distress / motivation signal, and financing flexibility. It's a ranking signal, not a guarantee. Treat it like a credit score: useful to compare deals, not to replace your own underwriting.
What AI features do you have?
Three, all grounded in the same public-records data we surface elsewhere — no hallucinated facts. (1) AI Property Search: natural-language search across the catalog. (2) AI Property Brief: per-property narrative analysis on every detail page. (3) AI Financing Scenarios: model conventional / FHA / VA / seller-financed payments on the fly.
Do you send alerts when a deal matches?
Yes. Save a search with your criteria and we email you when a new property — MLS, off-market, or distress — matches. Manage cadence at /settings/alerts. Saved homes live at /saved.
Can I list my own home on PropertiesGPS?
Yes. /sell is a free FSBO flow — instant valuation, multi-step listing wizard (/sell/new), photo upload, and an owner inbox at /sell/dashboard. Your listing appears in /marketplace next to investor-ready inventory.
How is PropertiesGPS different from Zillow or Realtor.com?
Those platforms answer 'is this house for sale and what's it listed at?' We answer 'should an investor actually buy it?' We layer hidden costs, owner motivation, flood and insurance exposure, STR potential, and seller-financing likelihood on top of every property — including off-market parcels Zillow never sees.
How is PropertiesGPS different from PropStream, DealMachine, or BatchLeads?
Those are skip-trace and lead-list tools. PropertiesGPS is a property-level intelligence layer: instead of exporting 5,000 owner mailing addresses, you get a fully decoded view of one property — true cost, score, risk, AI brief, and exit strategies — in seconds. We also surface live distress signals and the auction calendar you'd otherwise have to scrape county sites for.
Do you cover off-market and pre-foreclosure properties?
Yes. Our Lee County distress feed pulls lis pendens, tax-deed filings, code-enforcement liens, and the weekly tax-delinquent list (/distress/tax-delinquent) the moment they're recorded — typically before they hit any wholesaler list.
How do you estimate flood, HOA, and insurance costs?
Flood: per-property FEMA zone lookup plus typical premium ranges for that zone, structure age, and elevation. HOA: associated community + parcel polygon match against known dues schedules. Insurance: Florida-specific carrier-availability model that accounts for wind-mit features, year built, roof age, and county. Details at /methodology#hidden-costs.
Can I export data?
Investor-tier members can export saved-search results to CSV. Single-property PDF reports are on the roadmap. Bulk owner-list exports for direct mail are roadmap as well — see /pricing.
Is there a free tier?
Yes. Anyone can browse opportunities, view the Investment Score, inspect basic hidden costs, browse the foreclosure calendar, and use AI property search without signing in. Saved homes, alerts, the full AI brief, and CSV export require an account.
Still have questions?
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