# Pre-Distress Property Leads — Owner + Code Violations (`filingradar/us-pre-distress-property-leads`) Actor
Distressed-property leads from OPEN city code violations joined to the public assessor owner-of-record (legal owner + mailing address + value). Worst-first, with a reason-to-call. NYC + Miami-Dade live. Entity owners by default; public records only, no skip-trace.
- **URL**: https://apify.com/filingradar/us-pre-distress-property-leads.md
- **Developed by:** [Filing Radar](https://apify.com/filingradar) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet
## Pricing
Pay per usage
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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage
## What's an Apify Actor?
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```bash
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```bash
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```
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````bash
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# Windows
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```bash
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# README
## Pre-Distress Property Leads — Owner + Code Violations
**A worst-first list of distressed properties, with the owner already attached.** This Actor reads **open building & code violations** from official city/county open data, finds the **most-distressed properties**, joins each to its **public owner-of-record** (legal owner, mailing address, value) from the county assessor, and hands you a ranked lead with a plain-English **reason to call**.
> **The edge:** government violation records flag distress **months before** a property shows up on Zillow, Propwire, or the MLS. This is a *pre-distress* signal, sourced from primary public records — not a resold listing scrape.
> **Live now: New York City, Miami-Dade FL, Austin TX, Dallas TX, and Phoenix AZ.** Atlanta is next.
---
### Who this is for
- **Real-estate investors & wholesalers** — find distressed, often absentee-owned buildings before they list.
- **Remediation / abatement contractors** — open class-C (immediately hazardous) violations are work that *has* to get done.
- **Note buyers, lenders, proptech** — a building-level distress + ownership signal for underwriting.
### What's in every lead
| Field | Example |
|-------|---------|
| `distress_rank` / `distress_score` | `1` · worst-first within the metro |
| `open_items` + `reason_to_call` | `112` · "112 open code-compliance case(s)" |
| `owner_name` + `owner_type` | `SOUTH DADE TOO LLC` · `entity` |
| `owner_mailing_address` (+ city/state/zip) | `7071 W COMMERCIAL BLVD STE 2A, TAMARAC FL` *(Miami-Dade)* |
| `property_address` (+ city/zip) | `23601 SW 133 AVE` |
| `assessed_value` · `units` · `year_built` · `property_use` | where the assessor provides it |
| `parcel_id` | BBL (NYC) · FOLIO (Miami-Dade) |
| `last_activity_date` · `distress_source_url` · `owner_source_url` | provenance on every row |
Export to **JSON, CSV, or Excel**, or pull via the **Apify API**.
### Inputs
| Input | What it does |
|-------|--------------|
| **Metros / states** | `NY` (NYC), `FL` (Miami-Dade), `TX` (Austin + Dallas), `AZ` (Phoenix). Default = all live. |
| **Owner types** | Default `entity` (LLC/Inc/Trust/Corp) — the absentee-investor target. Add `individual` to include person-owned parcels. Government owners are always excluded. |
| **Max leads per metro** | Cap output rows (and cost), worst-first. One row = one lead. |
### Pricing
**Pay per lead** — one ranked, owner-attached lead = one billable row: **$0.05 per lead.** You pay for an answer (which distressed property + who owns it), not a raw violation row.
### Privacy & sourcing — read this
- **Owner-of-record is public record.** Every owner field comes from the county assessor/property-appraiser's public roll — the same record anyone can pull at the counter. This is standard for real-estate lead products.
- **Entity-owners by default.** The default lead set is LLC/Inc/Trust/Corp owners only. Individual-person owners are included **only** if you explicitly add `individual` to *Owner types*.
- **No skip-tracing, ever.** We never append phone numbers, emails, or relatives, and never enrich beyond the public record. Government-owned parcels are excluded as non-actionable.
### Coverage notes (honest)
- **Miami-Dade** delivers the full lead: owner name **+ mailing address + assessed value**. Distress = open county code-compliance cases (unincorporated Miami-Dade), updated daily.
- **NYC** delivers owner **name** (+ units, year built, assessed value via PLUTO) but **not** a separate owner mailing address — NYC open data doesn't publish one. Distress = open HPD housing-maintenance violations, severity-weighted (class C/I = immediately hazardous weigh most).
- Scores are computed **within each metro** (different cities classify differently), so compare leads inside a metro, not across.
### Data sources
100% **public, keyless** government open data:
- **NYC** — HPD Housing Maintenance Code Violations (`data.cityofnewyork.us` · `wvxf-dwi5`) + PLUTO owner of record (`64uk-42ks`).
- **Miami-Dade** — Code Compliance Violations + Property Appraiser parcels (Miami-Dade ArcGIS, `services.arcgis.com/8Pc9XBTAsYuxx9Ny`).
No logins, no API keys, no gray-area sources. The join is by parcel id (BBL / FOLIO).
### FAQ
**Is this a listing scrape?** No — it's primary public records (code enforcement + assessor), which surface distress *before* a property lists.
**Is the data real?** Yes. Every field derives deterministically from public government data. No fabricated rows, ever.
**How fresh?** As fresh as the city/county portals — `last_activity_date` shows the most recent violation/case per property.
---
**For developers / source:** zero-dependency Node 20 (built-in `fetch`). `node src/run.mjs` runs the full pipeline locally and prints a one-line summary. Distress + owner are joined by parcel id; scoring is deterministic; owner classification is conservative (a name is only `entity` on an unambiguous org token). Dedup key: `lead_id`.
# Actor input Schema
## `metros` (type: `array`):
Which markets to pull. Supported: NY (New York City), FL (Miami-Dade + Tampa + Orlando), TX (Austin + Dallas + Houston), AZ (Phoenix), GA (Atlanta), NV (Las Vegas), OH (Cleveland). Default = all live. More metros coming.
## `owner_types` (type: `array`):
Which owners to include. Default = entity only (LLC / Inc / Trust / Corp / etc.) — the absentee-investor target, and the privacy-safe default. Add 'individual' to also include person-owned parcels (public assessor record). Government owners are always excluded.
## `limit` (type: `integer`):
Upper bound on leads (output rows) returned per metro per run, worst-first. One output row = one billable lead.
## Actor input object example
```json
{
"metros": [
"NY",
"FL",
"TX",
"AZ",
"GA",
"NV",
"OH"
],
"owner_types": [
"entity"
],
"limit": 500
}
````
# API
You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.
## JavaScript example
```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
token: '',
});
// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};
// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("filingradar/us-pre-distress-property-leads").call(input);
// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
console.dir(item);
});
// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs
```
## Python example
```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient
# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("")
# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}
# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("filingradar/us-pre-distress-property-leads").call(run_input=run_input)
# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)
# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start
```
## CLI example
```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call filingradar/us-pre-distress-property-leads --silent --output-dataset
```
## MCP server setup
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"apify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=filingradar/us-pre-distress-property-leads",
"--header",
"Authorization: Bearer "
]
}
}
}
```
## OpenAPI specification
```json
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"openapi": "3.0.1",
"info": {
"title": "Pre-Distress Property Leads — Owner + Code Violations",
"description": "Distressed-property leads from OPEN city code violations joined to the public assessor owner-of-record (legal owner + mailing address + value). Worst-first, with a reason-to-call. NYC + Miami-Dade live. Entity owners by default; public records only, no skip-trace.",
"version": "1.0",
"x-build-id": "8Ef2Bzi8Z1aOPgvfe"
},
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
}
],
"paths": {
"/acts/filingradar~us-pre-distress-property-leads/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-filingradar-us-pre-distress-property-leads",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
"tags": [
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"parameters": [
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"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
}
}
}
},
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"post": {
"operationId": "runs-sync-filingradar-us-pre-distress-property-leads",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
"tags": [
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"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
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},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
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"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK",
"content": {
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},
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"post": {
"operationId": "run-sync-filingradar-us-pre-distress-property-leads",
"x-openai-isConsequential": false,
"summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
"tags": [
"Run Actor"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
}
}
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "token",
"in": "query",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Enter your Apify token here"
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "OK"
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},
"components": {
"schemas": {
"inputSchema": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"metros": {
"title": "Metros / states",
"type": "array",
"description": "Which markets to pull. Supported: NY (New York City), FL (Miami-Dade + Tampa + Orlando), TX (Austin + Dallas + Houston), AZ (Phoenix), GA (Atlanta), NV (Las Vegas), OH (Cleveland). Default = all live. More metros coming.",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"NY",
"FL",
"TX",
"AZ",
"GA",
"NV",
"OH"
]
},
"default": [
"NY",
"FL",
"TX",
"AZ",
"GA",
"NV",
"OH"
]
},
"owner_types": {
"title": "Owner types",
"type": "array",
"description": "Which owners to include. Default = entity only (LLC / Inc / Trust / Corp / etc.) — the absentee-investor target, and the privacy-safe default. Add 'individual' to also include person-owned parcels (public assessor record). Government owners are always excluded.",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"entity",
"individual"
]
},
"default": [
"entity"
]
},
"limit": {
"title": "Max leads per metro",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 5000,
"type": "integer",
"description": "Upper bound on leads (output rows) returned per metro per run, worst-first. One output row = one billable lead.",
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}
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"format": "date-time",
"example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"example": "READY"
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"origin": {
"type": "string",
"example": "API"
},
"userAgent": {
"type": "string"
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}
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"stats": {
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"properties": {
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"options": {
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"containerUrl": {
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"usage": {
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```