Your first 10 minutes in BuildMapper

BuildMapper scores every permit in your area against your profile. So the first ten minutes are about teaching it what a good lead looks like for you. Here is the loop, start to finish.

1. 1
   Set the area you cover

   During setup, or any time in Settings → Targeting, pick the regions and cities you work in. A permit in one of your cities earns up to 15 location points. This is what tilts the map toward jobs you can actually reach.
2. 2
   Tell us your trades

   In Settings → Targeting, pick your trades and project types. This tells BuildMapper when your trade is up on a job, which is the single biggest part of the score. A fresh permit in your trade will rank above an old one you cannot use.
3. 3
   Work your first lead

   Tap a Hot pin (score 70+), open the project, and use a quick action: Find phone, Draft email, or Add to pipeline. Add to pipeline puts the lead in your New column.
4. 4
   Ask Scout who to call

   Open Scout, your AI assistant, and type "Who should I call first?" It reads your scored permits and gives you a short ranked list, with the reason each one made the cut.
5. 5
   Optional: connect your calendar

   On the Calendar page, copy your private read-only link. Add it to Google, Outlook, or Apple Calendar once. From then on, the site visits and follow-ups you create in BuildMapper show up in your calendar. Your personal events stay private.

How the free account works

The free trial is 25 project views or 14 days, whichever comes first, with no card and every app and Scout open for the whole trial. Browsing the map, the scores, and the table never costs anything. You spend a view only when you open a project's full details (street address, builder, verified contacts). Once you have viewed a project, it stays open for your account for good, on any plan.