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40 permits and 31 code violations in the last 30 days. The blocks where public records stack up the most seller signals right now.Free account, no card: the 5 newest addresses. Every address, owner names and a morning alert: Parcel, $109 a month after a free trial, cancel in two clicks.
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100 block of Byron St, East Boston
score 132 code violations since Oct 19
- 2
100 block of Trenton St, East Boston
score 132 code violations since Oct 29
- 3
1600 block of Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
score 132 code violations since Oct 22
- 4
1400 block of River St, Hyde Park
score 13Code violation on Oct 13
- 5
300 block of Bennington St, East Boston
score 13Code violation on Oct 19
- 6
300 block of Bowdoin St, Dorchester
score 13Code violation on Oct 29
- 7
300 block of Columbus Av, Boston
score 13Code violation on Oct 30
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600 block of Blue Hill Av, Dorchester
score 13Code violation on Oct 14
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2000 block of Commonwealth Av, Brighton
17 out-of-state owners
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100 block of Lake Shore Rd, Brighton
14 out-of-state owners
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Your chances on these
EstimateWhat decides who gets an off-market deal, without Parcel and with it.
~7×
as likely to get a real conversation when you reach out within an hour.
Estimate · HBR 2011, web leads
90%
of sellers list with an agent, where every buyer can bid. Off-market, you reach them first.
Estimate · NAR 2024
- When you hear about it
- WithoutWhen it lists, or when a bought list reaches you weeks later
- WithThe morning after the city or county publishes the record (newest here: Oct 30)
- Reaching the owner
- WithoutA letter or a door knock at the property
- WithThe owner's phone and email from an owner lookup, when one is found
- Getting there first
- WithoutWhenever you get to it
- WithA morning alert and the lead already in your pipeline
How we estimate
We don't give a percentage. There is no public data on how often an investor wins an off-market deal, and we won't make one up. What the research does show is that reaching people first, and before a home lists, is what moves the odds:
- Oldroyd, McElheran and Elkington, “The Short Life of Online Sales Leads,” Harvard Business Review, 2011: Across 2,241 US companies, those that answered a web lead within an hour were nearly 7 times as likely to have a qualifying conversation as those that waited longer. These were inbound leads, not property owners, so read it as direction, not a number for real estate.
- National Association of Realtors, 2024 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers: 90% of sellers sold with an agent and 6% sold by owner. Once a home lists, every buyer can bid; before it lists, you may be the only one talking to the owner.
Boston in numbers
From the same public records as the list above. Counts only, no addresses.
Where this comes from: 6 official public datasets
Official public datasets for Boston, MA, checked every hour here and every morning in Deal Radar. Each record links to its source above. Blocks are scored the way Deal Radar scores every property.
- Boston open building and property violations · Boston, MA
- Cambridge MA residential demolition permits · Cambridge, MA
- Boston non-owner-occupied 1-4 family homes · Boston, MA
- Boston homes and condos owned from out of state · Boston, MA
- Cambridge MA housing code violations · Cambridge, MA
- Cambridge MA residential alteration permits over $25,000 · Cambridge, MA