Underwrite NYC properties
with daily-updated public records.
Generate full Due Diligence Reports in 30 seconds. See distress signals before they hit the market. Start with Scout+ for $49.99/mo; upgrade to Pro for off-market intelligence.
The three jobs investors use MetroDeeds for
Built on public records from ACRIS, NYC Department of Finance, HPD, NYC Office of Court Administration, and NYS Department of State.
Pre-acquisition desktop diligence
Pull the full Due Diligence Report on any NYC building in 30 seconds: ownership history, mortgage encumbrances, HPD violation breakdown, tax assessment history, building dimensions, zoning context, and the LLC network behind the deed. Use it as the first-pass screen before commissioning a paid title search or environmental review.
Distressed-seller sourcing
Filter the operator universe by distress score, foreclosure activity, eviction-rate cohort, and concentrated-portfolio signals. Operators with high distress scores often sell into the discount, especially when pressed by mortgage maturity or HPD enforcement action. The distress score is recomputed nightly and is the most direct way to surface motivated sellers at scale.
Off-market deal flow via CTOR
NYS allows recording a Contract of Sale (CTOR) before closing. Subscribe to CTOR alerts by neighborhood, by buyer name, or by building class to see in-flight deals one to four months before they appear anywhere else. This is the differentiated workflow — most other NYC data products surface deals after closing. CTOR is Pro-tier exclusive.
Five tools for institutional underwriting
Full 2-page DDR per building, in 30 seconds.
Click any deed in the feed, or search any address, and pull the full Due Diligence Report PDF. Coverage: every recorded ACRIS transfer with consideration and parties, every recorded mortgage with lender and instrument type, HPD violation breakdown by class, NYC Finance assessment and tax-class history, PLUTO building dimensions and zoning, and the LLC ownership network with HPD-named head officer if registered. Free tier: 3 lifetime. Scout+: 500 per month at $49.99/mo. Pro and Enterprise: unlimited.
Nightly 0-100 score on every named NYC residential rental operator.
Approximately 1,920 named operators are scored nightly on a 0-to-100 distress scale weighted by open HPD violations, eviction filings, foreclosure activity, serial-acquisition behavior, and tenant complaint volume. Filter the operator universe by score band, portfolio size, borough concentration, and recent activity to surface acquisition targets. Methodology is fully documented at /landlord-ripoff-watch/methodology.
Off-market deal pipeline, one to four months ahead of MLS.
Pro tier exclusive. New York allows the recording of a Contract of Sale before closing — typically one to four months early. Subscribe to CTOR alerts by neighborhood, building class, or buyer name. The CTOR feed is the closest thing to a real-time pipeline of NYC commercial and residential deals in flight, and the typical reason teams upgrade from Scout+ to Pro after running the platform for a few weeks.
Every building an operator controls, in one printable PDF.
Type a name. Get every deed transfer where the owner appears as buyer or seller, the full LLC network they control, and the shared registered-agent clusters. Pro generates a 2-page printable Portfolio Report on demand. Use it as the seed for a buy-side mandate (find more buildings the same way), or as a screening pass on a target operator (what else do they own that could be cross-collateralized).
108-column CSV exports at Scout+; REST API at Enterprise.
Scout+ users export up to 2,000 deed records per month as a 108-column raw CSV — sufficient for most one-off underwriting models. Pro and Enterprise tiers export unlimited. Enterprise additionally includes REST API access, designed for nightly pulls into your own data warehouse. Five team seats. Typical Enterprise use cases: pricing-model refreshes, watchlist alerts on owner-name matches, and pre-acquisition desktop-screening pipelines at portfolio scale.
Recommended for investors: Scout+, then Pro for off-market
Scout+ is the entry point: 500 full Due Diligence Reports per month plus the Landlord Intelligence Tracker. Upgrade to Pro when off-market sourcing becomes a priority — CTOR signals are the differentiator and live exclusively at Pro.
- +All 5 boroughs · 20-year deed history
- +500 full Due Diligence Reports per month
- +Full buyer and seller names
- +Landlord Intelligence Tracker
- +2,000 monthly CSV row exports
- +Saved search alerts
- +Everything in Scout+
- +Unlimited Due Diligence Reports
- +CTOR deal signals + alerts (off-market)
- +Eviction and housing court data
- +Portfolio rollup and LLC mapping
- +Unlimited CSV exports
High-volume teams: Enterprise at $499.99/mo includes REST API access and 5 team seats — designed for nightly pulls into a private data warehouse. Scout (the cheaper $29.99 tier) generates only the 1-page Deal Snapshot, not the full DDR — start at Scout+ if DDRs are part of your workflow.
Frequently asked
What does the full Due Diligence Report contain?
The full DDR is a 2-page printable PDF covering: ACRIS deed history (every transfer with consideration, parties, and recording date), mortgage encumbrance history (every recorded lien with lender, amount, and instrument type), HPD violation breakdown by class, building dimensions and zoning context from PLUTO, tax assessment history from NYC Department of Finance, owner LLC structure with HPD-named head officer if registered, and a one-line distress score for the operator. The 1-page Deal Snapshot at Scout tier omits the operator distress profile and the LLC structure section.
How is MetroDeeds different from PropertyShark or REBNY listings?
MetroDeeds aggregates NYC-specific public records (ACRIS, NYC Finance, HPD, NYS Department of State, NYC Office of Court Administration) into a single underwriting view, with same-day deed transfer recording via the EDS pipeline and CTOR contract intelligence at the Pro tier. PropertyShark is a strong general-purpose lookup tool; REBNY listings are MLS-equivalent for active marketing. MetroDeeds occupies the gap between them — fresher than monthly ACRIS bulks, deeper than MLS, focused on the operator-level cross-reference. Pricing also differs: Scout+ at $49.99/mo with 500 DDRs is materially cheaper than competing per-report pricing at scale.
What is CTOR and why does it matter for off-market sourcing?
CTOR is short for Contract of Sale Recording. New York is one of the few states where a recordable contract of sale can be filed in ACRIS before closing — typically one to four months early. Subscribing to CTOR alerts by neighborhood, by buyer name, or by building class surfaces in-flight deals before they appear in MLS or commercial listing platforms. For acquisition teams trying to source off-market or pre-listing inventory, CTOR is the closest thing to a real-time NYC deal pipeline. Available exclusively at the Pro tier ($149.99/mo).
How current is the deed and mortgage data?
New ACRIS deed and mortgage records appear in MetroDeeds the same day they are recorded with NYC Department of Finance, via the EDS ingest pipeline that runs every weekday morning at 8 AM ET. DOF rolling-sales records refresh weekly. ACRIS Open Data publishes a monthly bulk on roughly day 8-15 of the following month, which provides the historical backfill. Same-day recording is the meaningful number for active acquisition workflows — by the time ACRIS Open Data publishes, the deal is already in the rumor mill.
Can I integrate MetroDeeds with my underwriting models or CRM?
Enterprise tier ($499.99/mo) includes REST API access to the same data set surfaced in the web app: deed feed, CTOR feed, operator profiles, HPD registration data, and PLUTO joins. Five team seats are included. For high-volume workflows, the API path is designed for nightly pulls into your own data warehouse — typical use cases are pricing-model refreshes, watchlist alerts on owner-name matches, and pre-acquisition desktop-screening pipelines.
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