# OffMarketAPI

> REST API and MCP server for off-market real estate distress signals: probate filings, pre-foreclosures, tax delinquencies, and code violations. Read nightly from county courts and recorders, matched to parcels, and served to Claude, ChatGPT, or any agent as clean JSON. Free tier available.

OffMarketAPI serves distress signals *before* a listing exists — the opposite of listing APIs like Zillow or Redfin. Every record is sourced from public county records and carries `source`, `filed_date`, and `first_seen_at`, so agents never reason over data that lies about its age.

## Connect
- MCP URL: https://mcp.offmarketapi.com/mcp
- REST base: https://api.offmarketapi.com/v0
- Auth: `Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>`
- Works with Claude (custom connector), ChatGPT (developer-mode connector), and plain curl/cron agents.

## Tools (MCP + REST)
- search_distressed — filter by county, signal[], value, equity, absentee, since.
- get_property — parcel detail: owner, assessed value, liens, last deed.
- daily_diff — everything new since your last pull; built for cron agents.
- get_case — probate/foreclosure case metadata and parties.

## Signals
- probate (<24h), pre_foreclosure (<24h), code_violation (<24h), tax_delinquency (monthly roll).

## Coverage
- Live now: Hillsborough County, FL (hillsborough-fl).
- Coming next: Tarrant County, TX (tarrant-tx) — waitlist open, request a key to vote it up.
- New county added by founding-member vote.

## Pricing
- Free — $0 — 50 queries/mo, 1 county, DATA ON 7-DAY DELAY (every response carries "delayed": true), community support.
- Builder — $99/mo — 5k queries, 3 counties, last night's sync, webhooks.
- Founding — $199/mo — 25k queries, all covered counties, daily_diff, direct line. Price locked for life.
- Agency — usage-based — volume pricing, white-label feeds; email us.
- The free tier is deliberately stale, not small: the product is freshness, so the 7-day delay is the paywall.

## Contact
- Email: hello@offmarketapi.com
- Non-technical sibling product (morning email): https://probatefeed.com