AI-powered research for every Massachusetts property.
tract.earth is an AI-powered Massachusetts property research platform. The Tract Agent is the copilot on the desk; Scouts are named background agents that package findings while you work. Together they cover roughly 1.9 million parcels across all 351 cities and towns — assessor records, zoning, owner and LLC intelligence, comparable sales, and distress signals such as tax delinquency, pre-foreclosure and lis pendens — on the MassGIS Level 3 parcel layer, with a Deal Desk CRM and a read-only API.
What is tract.earth?
tract.earth is a real-estate intelligence platform and property research database for Massachusetts, with an AI layer on top of the records. It is not a listing portal. Operators ask the Tract Agent, staff Scouts, and work the same parcels in the Deal Desk CRM.
Tract Agent and Scouts
- Tract Agent — the AI copilot on the desk. It resolves addresses to parcels, pulls assessor records and distress signals, runs comps, drafts outreach, and remembers what matters in a private graph for your account.
- Scouts — named background agents you staff. Each scout watches a market and play you set, then packages the finding (parcel, play, LLC members, contact channels) so the desk Agent can pick it up. Dispatching a scout does not sit in your chat turn.
- Send any property card to the Agent, or open the Agent tab from the desk. Maximize the docked panel into the full workspace.
What you can look up
- Parcel record — assessor values, lot and building size, year built, zoning, and land use for any parcel in the state.
- Owner intelligence — the owner of record, and for an LLC or trust the managers, officers and agents behind it.
- Statewide owner search — every property one person or entity owns, across all 351 municipalities at once.
- Comparable sales — recent nearby sales, with the assessed-to-sale ratio where both numbers exist.
- Distress signals — tax delinquency, pre-foreclosure, lis pendens, and auction filings, filterable on the map.
- Outreach — skip trace the owner of record, then send USPS-certified direct mail without leaving the deal.
How coverage works
The map opens on the whole state, every municipality tinted by the average assessed value of its parcels. Click a town and its parcels stream in; the Market Screener ranks all 351 towns by median value, average value and parcel count.
Every derived number carries the date it was drawn from. An assessor roll is a snapshot, and Massachusetts towns do not all sit on the same fiscal year, so a parcel shows the vintage of the roll it came from rather than the date you looked at it.
Work the deal, not just the data
The Deal Desk is a CRM, not an export button. A parcel becomes a deal with contacts, tasks, documents, stage history and a capital stack — so research, outreach and diligence live on the same record instead of in a spreadsheet beside it.
| Measure | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Municipalities | All 351 Massachusetts cities and towns |
| Parcels | Approximately 1.9 million |
| Parcel backbone | MassGIS Level 3 (L3) standardized assessor parcels |
| Owner and entity records | Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth filings |
| Distress signals | Tax delinquency, pre-foreclosure, lis pendens, auctions |
| Tract Agent | AI copilot on the desk — parcels, comps, drafts, memory |
| Scouts | Background agents that package findings by market and play |
| Scraped town websites | None |
Frequently asked questions
What is tract.earth?
tract.earth is an AI-powered Massachusetts real-estate intelligence platform and property research database. The Tract Agent is the copilot on the desk; Scouts are named background agents that package findings while you work. Coverage is roughly 1.9 million parcels across all 351 municipalities, built on the MassGIS Level 3 parcel layer — assessor records, zoning, owner and LLC filings, comps, tax delinquency, pre-foreclosure, and auctions. Operators work leads in the Deal Desk CRM, run statewide owner search and skip trace, send direct mail, and pull the same data through a read-only REST API.
What is the Tract Agent?
The Tract Agent is the AI copilot built into tract.earth — the reason the platform is AI-powered, not only a parcel database. It works through the desk: it resolves addresses to parcels, pulls assessor records and distress signals, runs comps, reads your pipeline, creates tasks, drafts LOIs and fee-sharing agreements, and remembers what matters in a private knowledge graph that belongs to your account. Click "send to agent" on any property card, or open the Agent tab, and it starts a conversation with the intel brief.
What are Scouts?
Scouts are named background agents on tract.earth — a roster you staff, not the name of the free billing plan. You set a market and a play; a scout sweeps parcels, joins Secretary of the Commonwealth filings, and writes a complete package — parcel, play, LLC members, and cached contact channels — without you sitting in the chat. The desk Tract Agent dispatches them. Scout labor is staffed by plan slots, not charged as chat credits.
Which properties does tract.earth cover?
Every parcel in Massachusetts — roughly 1.9 million parcels across all 351 cities and towns. Coverage is built on the MassGIS Level 3 (L3) standardized parcel layer, so every municipality is included on day one, not a handful of pilot towns.
Where does the data come from? Do you scrape town websites?
No scraping. The foundation is MassGIS L3 canonical parcels — the state-standardized assessor and geometry layer — enriched with assessor records, owner and entity data, comparable sales, and infrastructure context. Distress signals come from authoritative county and municipal records.
What distress signals can I filter on?
Tax delinquency, pre-foreclosure, lis pendens (active litigation against the property), scheduled auctions, and absentee ownership. These are the signals that surface motivated sellers before a property hits the market.
Is there a CRM, or just data?
Both. The Deal Desk is a built-in CRM: pipeline stages, contacts, tasks, saved lists, and automations. You research a property and work it as a lead in the same place, from sourced through closed.
Is there an API?
Yes. The same Massachusetts parcel intelligence is available as a read-only, stateless REST API — pass an API key, get JSON. It is useful for PropTech apps, CRM enrichment, lender/insurance underwriting, lead generation, and market dashboards.
Where does this data come from?
- MassGIS Data: Property Tax Parcels — The state-standardized Level 3 parcel layer that is our canonical parcel backbone.
- Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth — Corporations Division — The filing record behind LLC and trust ownership: managers, officers, and registered agents.
- Massachusetts Land Records (Registries of Deeds) — Recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for every Massachusetts registry district.
- Massachusetts Land Court — Where foreclosure actions are filed, which is what a lis pendens notice records.