Daily building-permit lead alert service for local contractors

Build a web app that reads a city's free open-data permit feed each morning, tags each permit with the trades that would want it, and emails a daily digest of new permits to contractors who subscribe by trade and zip code. Sell access at $99/month; 20 contractors is $2K/month. The city already collects and publishes the data for free — the whole business is removing friction.

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From Chris Koerner on The Koerner Office Podcast — Turn Free City Data Into a $2K+/Month Side Hustle With AI at 00:57

Problem: When someone pulls a permit they are about to spend five or six figures, and the first contractor to show up usually wins the job. Paid lead sites sell the same homeowner lead to five competitors for ~$40 a pop, so contractors race each other to a phone call. A clean daily permit list lets a contractor see the job before competitors do; one fence job off the list is worth thousands, so $99/month is an easy yes.

For: Home-service contractors in one city: landscapers, gutter companies, blinds/shutters installers, pool builders, and fence companies. Fence companies are best because they get leads from both new homes and new pools (many cities legally require a fence around a new pool).

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