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Methodology

Transparent about the estimates and their limits.

Maco turns public records into ranked, underwritten opportunities. Here is where the data comes from, how the estimates are built, and what you still have to verify yourself.

01 — Data

Public property & municipal records

We read ownership, property characteristics, code cases, permits and recorded liens directly from county and municipal sources — not resold third-party lists. What is available differs by county.

02 — Comps

Recorded-sale comparables

Preliminary value is estimated from real recorded sales near the subject, using price-per-square-foot on comparable properties. The comp set and method are shown, not hidden behind a single number.

03 — Scoring

Scoring & ranking

Seller-motivation signals (absentee and out-of-state owners, estates, long-term holds, code cases and recorded liens where available) combine with preliminary deal economics into a score that suggests what to investigate first.

04 — Underwriting

User-editable assumptions

Purchase price, renovation, financing, insurance, taxes, holding period and exit are all editable. The flip and hold models reflect your assumptions, with realistic repair bands — losses are shown honestly, not smoothed over.

05 — Refresh

Data-refresh limitations

County feeds update on their own schedules and coverage depth differs by market — Miami-Dade carries the fullest signal set today. Some data lags real events, and not every signal exists in every county. We show data vintage where we can.

06 — Verify

Independent verification required

Every figure in the platform is a screening estimate, not a licensed appraisal, title report or inspection. Confirm ownership, title, condition, comparable sales and your numbers independently before you make an offer or spend money.

Where the data comes from

Every record in the analyzer is pulled from the public agency that keeps it. We name the office on each field so you can go verify it at the counter or on their own site.

County property appraisersMiami-Dade, Broward, Lee, Collier, Polk, Lake — ownership, mailing address, building characteristics, homestead status, sale history.
Florida Department of RevenueStatewide certified tax roll — parcel characteristics, just and assessed values, qualified-sale records used for the value bands.
Municipal code enforcement & building departmentsOpen code cases, unsafe-structure actions, permit history and expired permits, where the city publishes them.
Clerk of the Circuit CourtRecorded instruments — deeds, municipal and code-enforcement liens, and the published foreclosure-auction calendars.
FEMA National Flood Hazard LayerFlood zone and the effective map date for the parcel.
Florida Department of Law EnforcementReported offense counts by agency, used only to place an area in a broad band — never to label an individual property.
Florida Division of CorporationsEntity status, officers and registered agent when the owner of record is an LLC or corporation.

Coverage differs by county because the agencies publish different things. Where a source has no record for a parcel, the analyzer leaves the field blank rather than filling it with an estimate. We do not buy or resell third-party skip-trace or lead lists.

Estimated values, comparable analyses and underwriting produced by the Maco Deal Analyzer are for investment screening and informational purposes only. They are not licensed real estate appraisals, title reports, inspections, legal opinions or guarantees of future performance. Users must independently verify all material information. See our full disclosures for more detail.

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