nestclue

Property research for home buyers

Find red flags before you buy or rent your next home.

nestclue checks available public records to explain the home's history, costs and red flags. Your Negotiation guide helps you use the findings to decide what to ask the seller and prepare your offer.

Check a home’s recordsSee a sample report

Full reports are free during the beta. No credit card required.

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How it works

From an address to your offer

  1. Add the address

    Paste the address from the listing and tell us whether you’re buying or renting. We match it to the public record and confirm the building and unit with you.

  2. Get the full report

    A plain summary of the home, every red and yellow flag the records support, what to ask and what we couldn’t check. Every finding shows the record it came from.

  3. Prepare your negotiation

    The full report includes a Negotiation guide. When you’re ready, add the terms you have in mind. The guide uses the findings to suggest documents to request and questions to ask the seller.

Negotiation guide

Use what you learn to decide what to ask for.

See the sources behind the findings and what we couldn't check. Use the report to prepare questions for your inspector and buying team.

What to ask the seller

From the sample guide for 41 Juniper Row (synthetic), Brooklyn, NY, unit 3F

Request documents, repairs or a credit for the flagged record items before committing.

Flagged records may already be resolved; ask for proof.

Synthetic sample. The guide prepares you; it never contacts anyone for you.

Scope

What we check, and what we don’t

What we check

  • Any U.S. address: its jurisdiction, the state rules that apply, and public records where they’re online — building permits, open violations, tax and ownership records. See where records are connected.
  • The advertised listing: price or rent, fees and charges as stated.
  • The costs we can compute from those records, with the arithmetic shown.
  • What we could not find — “no record found” is never treated as proof that nothing exists.

What we don’t do

  • No inspections. We have not been inside the home.
  • No legal advice, and no appraisal or lending advice.
  • We never contact sellers, landlords, brokers or anyone else for you.
  • Where a record is not online, we say what we could not check, who holds it and what to ask for.

Start with one home you’re considering.

Add an address, confirm the unit and read what the records show.

Check a home’s records

Full reports are free during the beta. No credit card required.