Difficulty: 6/10Intermediate

MLSWatchAgent

Real-estate investor scraper that watches county MLS and recorder feeds for new listings matching investor criteria like cap rate, BRRRR ARV math, or distressed flag combinations. Sends instant alerts when a deal hits the wire.

🎯The Problem

Real-estate investors compete with cash buyers and wholesalers who run paid lead-gen on every new listing within minutes. Tools like PropStream ($99/mo) and BatchLeads ($199/mo) focus on owner data, not real-time MLS diffs; AgentPro IDX setups require a broker license.

💡The Solution

A scraper that polls county recorder portals, public IDX feeds, and listing aggregators for new on-market and off-market listings, runs each through investor cap-rate / 70% rule / BRRRR filters, and pushes matches to email/SMS within minutes of listing.

👥Target Users

Active real-estate investors, wholesalers, and small flipping operations doing 2-50 deals/yr, ~250K active investors per BiggerPockets data

📊Difficulty: 6/10 — Intermediate

This is an intermediate micro-SaaS idea suited for builders with some shipping experience. Expect to work with third-party integrations, more complex data models, and nuanced user workflows that require careful planning.

Estimated Timeline

A few months to a solid MVP

Skills Needed

Full-stack development, API integrations, and background job processing

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