Builder Economics Blueprint
We learn the construction costs, required margin, project types, and buy box that determine whether an opportunity deserves your attention.
X-ray vision for residential builders
Stop touring properties
Stop touring properties
that never had a chance.
Buildable screens every parcel in your county against local zoning, real geometry, environmental constraints, and your economics—then hands you the few worth pursuing, the price the evidence supports, and the next thing to verify.
One builder per county. Richmond metro analyzed today.
The screen runs before you do
Every locality starts as every lot. Each pass takes almost all of them away, so your time lands only on the survivors.
Every parcel in the metro
12 Richmond-area localities
500,000+lots analyzed
Passes the zoning ordinance
Cited, district by district
fewerrule-eligible
Fits the real geometry & overlays
Frontage, footprints, flood & wetland
fewer stillphysically buildable
Passes preliminary economics
Priced against six-month comps
the fewworth pursuing
The point of the product is the subtraction.
Buildable removes the noise so you can focus on the properties with real potential.
The opportunity already on the ground
Many properties are built below what the land allows.
A listing shows what is there today. Buildable finds the gap between the existing property and what its zoning, dimensions, and market economics may support.
Split the lotEnough area and frontage may support an additional homesite.
Add units by rightA single-family property may qualify for a duplex or attached-density play.
Redevelop the siteThe current structure may use only a fraction of the parcel’s legal and economic potential.
Traditional listing filters cannot surface this. Buildable screens every parcel for hidden, buildable upside—and the project economics behind it.
Here is what Buildable hands you
A decision-ready brief—not another row in a database.
Open one property and see the proposed play, the evidence behind it, the leading constraint, and the next step to confirm before you spend time in the field.
Decision brief · 219 Willow Bend Road
Split off a lot and build a second home.
R-2A zoning · 1.18 acres · two preliminary lots clear the area and width screen.
StrongWorth pursuing5 checks confirmed · 2 routed to diligence
Existing houseNew lotProposed divisionEngine hypothesis · not a recorded plat
Zoning pathwayOrdinance-citedR-2A lot division standards
GeometryPreliminary passArea + estimated width
EnvironmentalMapped clearFlood · wetlands · RPA
Illustrative property and economics. The layout is informed by the live product; Buildable is a feasibility screen, not entitlement or a recorded plat.
Every opportunity brief includes
- The project it fitsSplit, duplex, teardown or infill
- The preliminary price readAnd why it merits underwriting
- The evidenceComps, citations and overlays
- The leading constraintThe condition most likely to shape the decision
- What to verify nextBefore you drive out
Use your economics
Interactive · live
The best play changes when your costs do.
Adjust the acquisition price, build cost, and required return. Buildable reranks the parcel and recalculates what the project can support.
Your assumptions
Modeled project spread
$301,380
Worth pursuing · 88% modeled ROI
- Projected combined value
- $684,000
- All-in project cost
- $382,620
- Max supportable land basis
- $358,220
Preliminary model using a 1,072 sq ft second home, estimated subdivision costs, and selling/carrying costs. Not an offer recommendation.
X-ray vision on every parcel
See the play others miss, and the problem they'd find too late.
Every lot gets the four reads a builder does by hand, run in advance. That surfaces the lot split, duplex, teardown or infill others overlook, and exposes the creek, floodplain, missing frontage or dead building envelope that turns a promising parcel into a wasted afternoon.
The zoning ordinance, cited
Setbacks, minimum lot width, and allowed uses are read from the actual county code. Confirmed rules point back to their source section, with confidence context attached to every standard used in the screen.
195 zoning districts cited to their local ordinance
The parcel's real geometry
Measured building footprints and road frontage, so "you could split this lot" means it physically fits, with a buildable envelope on the far side, not just that the acreage is large enough on paper.
Statewide road & footprint data on every locality
The environmental overlays
Every lot checked against the FEMA flood maps and the resource-protection, wetland and waterbody layers. A "clean" half-acre that's two-thirds inside a protected buffer gets caught here, before you drive out to it.
Flood & RPA screening wired in all 12 localities
Whether it merits full underwriting
Every deal is priced against recent sold comparables and run through the same value model that identified real underpriced purchases in our backtest. The question isn't merely “is this a lot?” It is “does the early evidence justify a deeper look?”
Economics on every surfaced deal, not a select few
Backtested acquisition advantage
Buildable found more of the deals builders actually want—underpriced entries with room to win.
Across 1,737 real deals, Buildable surfaced more than eight underpriced opportunities per month. Eighty-eight percent went on to beat the national gross flip benchmark. The median gross resale spread was $152,000.
More qualified shots on goal. Better basis. Less time wasted.
8+
opportunities surfaced per monthA recurring pipeline—not a one-off winner
88%
beat the national benchmarkMeasured against recorded resales
$152k
median gross resale spreadPurchase to resale · 8.6-month median hold
This is the outcome Buildable is built to deliver: a recurring stream of better-priced acquisition opportunities, narrowed to the few worth your next call, drive, or diligence dollar.
How the proof was measured: Buildable evaluated 1,737 recorded buy-and-resale transactions using only information available on each purchase date, before revealing the resale outcome. Historical backtest, not a forecast. The $152K figure is gross resale spread—recorded resale price minus recorded purchase price—not net profit; renovation, financing, carrying, and transaction costs are excluded. Results cover the flip pricing signal only. Lot splits and ground-up projects use separate zoning and geometry screens.
Confidence before you commit
Every opportunity arrives with the evidence to act.
Buildable turns scattered zoning, parcel, environmental, and market data into a clear acquisition read—so you can move quickly on strong opportunities and direct diligence to the condition that matters most.
Reasoning you can verify. The zoning citation, comparable sales, parcel measurements, and mapped overlays are organized beside the verdict.
Confidence attached to every input. Cited facts, modeled estimates, and field-verification items are clearly distinguished so your team can prioritize diligence.
A clear next move. Each brief points to the most valuable confirmation step—utilities, frontage, survey, title, or planning review—before you invest more time.
What comes with your Buildable Territory
A protected acquisition pipeline built around your economics.
Built for residential builders actively acquiring land in a defined local market—not for people collecting another list of leads.
Protected Territory Pipeline
Decision-worthy properties are screened across your county and reserved for one builder—not resold to every competitor in the market.
Decision-ready briefs
See the proposed play, preliminary price read, supporting evidence, leading constraint, and next verification step in one place.
Founder-reviewed onboarding
Your first shortlist gets a human review while Buildable calibrates the territory screen to the work your company actually wants.
The Buildable Territory Guarantee
A territory advantage backed by real money and measurable outcomes.
We contribute to your first serious property investigation, protect your first 30 days, and keep working until Buildable produces a property worth pursuing.
First Property Feasibility Credit
When you choose your first Buildable-sourced property for serious investigation, Buildable contributes up to $1,500 toward approved pre-acquisition diligence.
Use it for an approved survey, soil evaluation, zoning verification, utility-feasibility review, or similar diligence expense.Decide with every dollar protected
Try Buildable Territory for 30 days. If you do not believe it gives you a meaningful acquisition advantage, we refund every dollar—no questions asked.
If you leave, the territory is permanently released and may be offered to another builder.Get a qualified property—or stop paying
If Buildable does not surface at least one property worthy of real outreach or diligence within your first 90 days, your payments pause until it does.
Stay protected while Buildable keeps working the territory.Credits, qualification standards, eligibility, and guarantee terms are defined in your territory agreement.
Why we exist
Built for a builder who never had an acquisition team.
My stepdad builds spec homes in Chesterfield. Like many local builders, he knew his market deeply but still had to find land through relationships, driving, and instinct. I built Buildable to give him the parcel-level screening and market coverage normally reserved for much larger operators.
— Jacob H. Fox, founder of Buildable
One builder per county
Your territory is yours. We don't sell the same county twice.
Buildable is exclusive by design. When you hold a county, the intelligence for it is yours alone: the opposite of a lead list every other builder in the market can buy by the seat. You move first on what they can't see.
Claim your county
Analyzed today
Richmond City
Chesterfield
Henrico
Hanover
Goochland
Powhatan
New Kent
Charles City
Caroline
King William
Louisa
King & Queen
The Richmond metro is live. Your locality not on the map? Tell us. New ground gets added county by county.
Straight answers
What builders usually ask.
How is Buildable different from Zillow or Redfin?
Zillow and Redfin help people browse homes. Buildable helps builders decide where to pursue a project. It screens every parcel—not just active listings—against cited local zoning and setbacks, measured frontage and building footprints, flood, wetland and RPA overlays, recent sold comps, and your costs. Then it identifies the potential play, preliminary land price, biggest constraint, and next verification step. They show you the property. Buildable shows you what it could become, what could stop it, and whether it deserves your time.
Is this a replacement for my realtor or land relationships?
No. Buildable gives your existing acquisition network wider coverage and faster early screening. It helps you know where to focus your relationships and diligence.
What level of confidence does a surfaced opportunity carry?
Every surfaced property has passed Buildable’s preliminary screen and arrives with supporting evidence, confidence labels, and a specific next verification step. Your surveyor, engineer, attorney, locality, and internal team then confirm the project before acquisition or filing.
What exactly is exclusive?
Buildable sells a county to one builder at a time. Another builder cannot buy the same protected territory opportunity pipeline while your agreement is active.
What project types can it identify?
The screen can surface lot splits, duplex or attached-density possibilities, teardown candidates, residential infill, and underpriced opportunities where the local data supports the read.
What happens after I request a territory?
You’ll speak directly with the founder, confirm your target county and buy box, and review what Buildable has already found before deciding whether to move forward.
Start the conversation
See what Buildable has already found.
Tell us the county you build in. We’ll show you what is worth a closer look—and whether the territory is still available.
Takes about two minutes. You’ll reach the founder directly.