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Guides

How to read a street's public record.

The listing sells you the house. Nobody hands you the block. These guides show you how to research a neighborhood — 311 complaints, code violations, permits and more — before you sign.

Buyer & renter guides

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How to research a neighborhood before buying A step-by-step guide to reading a block's public record — 311, violations, permits and more — before you make an offer. How to check building permits on a property Find out what's been built, renovated or demolished at an address — and how to spot unpermitted work — using public permit data. Questions to ask before buying a house The questions that reveal what a listing won't — about the block, the building's history, and what the public record already shows.
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