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Call the owner first.

A permit gets filed. The next morning you have the owner name and the job address. You call. That is the product.

A Thumbtack alternative: you get the list for your trade and city, not a shared bid request. HomeAdvisor alternative too. Not a shared Angi pack.

How it works

From a new filing to your first call

The list is the work. First call usually wins the job.

01

We scan city and county permit filings

Mon through Saturday we pull newly filed building, demolition, and remodel permits. Fresh filings for outreach, not a city portal.

02

You pick your trade and city

Dumpster, junk removal, rolloff, roofing, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and the rest of the list on the sample form. Every permit is filtered against that before it reaches you.

03

The list lands ~7 AM, Mon–Sat

Owner name on every row. Phone when county records have it. Address and scope so you know what to say when they pick up.

04

You call the owner

Not a shared lead. Not a bid request. You call the property owner on a fresh filing, before the job is a marketplace pack.

What this is not

Not a marketplace. Not a permit tracker.

Not a marketplace

  • We do not sell the same lead to five other guys
  • This is not Angi, HomeAdvisor, or Thumbtack
  • You get the list for your trade and city; what you do with it is your call
  • This is not a pack of bought, multi-sold leads

Not a permit tracker

  • We do not help you manage permits you already pulled
  • We do not replace a city portal or a GC job board
  • We watch new filings so you can call the owner first

Looking for a Thumbtack alternative?

Thumbtack sells a shared bid request to a pack of contractors. Build Alerts is the other path: a permit list filtered to your trade and city. Owner name on every row. Phone when county records have it. You call the property owner. No auction. Same idea if you want a HomeAdvisor alternative. Angi contrast: we do not sell the same lead to five other guys.

  • Thumbtack alternative for roofing when a reroof or new house hits the permit desk.
  • HomeAdvisor alternative for plumbing, electrical, and HVAC the same way: timing, trade filter, owner contact.
  • Dumpster too, when a demo or new build just filed and you want the owner, not a shared lead.
  • Better for dumpster, junk removal, and rolloff, and for roofing, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC, when you call the owner.

Junk removal, concrete, painting, landscaping, rolloff, and the other trades on the sample form work the same list. We do not invent close rates. See a sample and judge the rows.

Who it’s for

Trades that call the owner

Owner-operators. If you get work by calling the property owner instead of bidding a marketplace request, this is your list.

Dumpster Rolloff Junk removal Roofing Plumbing Electrical HVAC
Coverage

Daily digests live today in four cities. We can cover yours.

These four have a daily digest running now. Open a live example. If your city is not on this list, we can stand it up. We can cover you nationwide. Expansion is paced by paying work, not by whether the product can serve a US area.

Cape Coral, FL Live today Palm Beach Gardens, FL Live today Kerrville, TX Live today Fredericksburg, TX Live today

We do not claim a daily digest is already live outside these four. We stand up markets nationwide, including South Carolina. No SC city digest is live today. See the South Carolina hub. Ask for a sample or start the Founding Member trial and we will cover your area.

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Questions

A few things people ask

How is this different from Thumbtack or HomeAdvisor? +
Those sites sell a shared bid request to a pack of contractors. Build Alerts is a Mon–Sat permit list for your trade and city. Owner name on every row. Phone when county records have it. You call the property owner. Not a shared Angi pack. Not multi-sold.
Is this a Thumbtack alternative for roofing, plumbing, or dumpster? +
If you want to call the owner on a fresh filing instead of bidding a shared Thumbtack request, that is the product. Same idea for a HomeAdvisor alternative. Better for dumpster, junk removal, and rolloff, and for roofing, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC, when you call the owner. Timing, trade filter, owner contact. Angi contrast: we do not sell the same lead to five other guys. No invented close rates. See a sample and judge the list.
Is this a marketplace? +
No. We are not a marketplace. We do not auction the same lead to a pack of contractors. You get the list for your trade and city.
Is this a permit tracker? +
No. A permit tracker helps you follow permits you already have. We watch new filings so you can call the owner before the job is spoken for.
Do I have to mail letters? +
No. Call the owner. The daily list is the product. Letters are optional if you would rather mail than call. See pricing.
Which trades is this for? +
Dumpster, junk removal, rolloff, roofing, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and the rest of the trades on the sample form. If you call the property owner, start there.
Is a daily digest already live in my city? +
Daily digests are live today in Cape Coral, FL, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Kerrville, TX, and Fredericksburg, TX. We can cover any US area. Standing a city up is a coverage job, not a capability problem. Expansion is paced by paying work. Ask for a sample or start the Founding Member trial and we will cover you. We do not claim a daily digest is already live outside those four. South Carolina is stand-up / cover. See the South Carolina hub.
What’s next? +
Start with a free sample. If the list is the work you want, start a Founding Member trial or see list pricing (1 city $29.99/mo, 2 cities $49.99/mo, 3 cities $64.99/mo). Letters are optional.

See the list. Then decide.

Free sample, no card. Founding Member trial if you already know. List pricing if you want the numbers first.

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