Who really owns the building. Their track record with tenants. Code violations they haven't fixed. What the neighborhood is actually like. The stuff no listing will tell you.
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Every renter deserves to know what they're signing up for before they sign anything.
Type the street address of any apartment building you're considering. Portland for now — more cities soon.
Public records, LLC filings, code violations, tenant reviews, news archives, court records — cross-referenced and connected.
A plain-language intelligence report written for you, not a spreadsheet. Patterns flagged. Red flags explained. Action items ready.
We dig through 8+ government databases and public sources so you don't have to.
Follow the LLC chain. See who actually owns the building — not just the name on the mailbox.
← shell companies have entered the chatOpen cases, closed cases, patterns. A building with 12 plumbing complaints in 2 years is telling you something.
Is the asking rent fair? See what comparable units nearby actually rent for, with specific addresses and prices.
Walk Score, Bike Score, Transit Score — visualized, not just numbers. See what daily life actually looks like.
What do current and past tenants actually say? Aggregated from Yelp, Google, Reddit, and apartment sites.
Tell us what matters to you — transit, pets, nightlife, safety — and we tailor the report to your priorities.
Every landlord screens you. Nobody screens them.
Landlords run your credit. They check your references. They google you. But when you're signing a lease — the biggest recurring expense of your life — you're expected to just trust the listing.
The Understory flips that. The same public records that landlords use to evaluate properties? We make them readable, connected, and accessible to the person who actually lives there.
This isn't a landlord tool. It's not for property managers or investors. It's for the person standing in a lobby wondering if this place is worth it.
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