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Filtering the map down to your top 10

Thousands of new permits land every week. Stack a few filters so the map shows only the ones worth a call this morning.

This guide is hands-on. Follow along in the app.
A free trial takes two minutes: 25 project views or 14 days, whichever comes first. No card.

The map shows every active permit in your area, scored 0–100 against your profile. Pin colours match the tier, so you can read it at a glance before you tap anything:

TierScoreWhat it means
Hot70+Your trade is up, it is in your area, and it is fresh. Call today.
Warm40–69Good fit with one gap: timing, distance, or no relationship yet.
Prospect14–39A real project, but a weak fit today. Worth a look when your pipeline is quiet.
Watchunder 14On the radar. It may become a fit later as the project moves along.

Stack your filters

  1. 1
    Start from score
    Filter by score tier: show only Hot, or Hot and Warm, and everything below drops off the map. Start wide and tighten to Hot only as you get to know your area.
  2. 2
    Add value and type
    Set a value range and pick project types. A $40K reno and a $4M build are different businesses. Filter to the one you staff for and the noise disappears.
  3. 3
    Narrow by place
    Pick one or more Cities to focus on a patch you are working. The list only shows cities that are on the map right now, so it stays useful. Chasing one builder? Star them and their new permits come to you through the Watchlist.
  4. 4
    One-tap shortcuts
    Top Scored, Added this Week, and In Pipeline are one-tap shortcuts for the views you use every day. Turn one on instead of rebuilding the filter each time.

What is free and what costs a view

Every permit's score, project type, value range, area, and age is free to see, across your whole area, on the map and in the table. Opening a project's full record (street address, builder name, verified contacts) spends one view and keeps that project open for your account forever.

TipYour filters stay put while you work, and you can save a search with a name. Set up your "call today" view once and bring it back any morning with one tap.
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See it on your own area

Everything in this guide runs live in BuildMapper: a scored map, the right time to call, Scout, your AI assistant, and a pipeline. Free trial: 25 project views or 14 days, whichever comes first, no card.