About

Two years ago I started interviewing land acquisition teams to understand the state of the industry. I've spent countless hours learning how deals originate, how teams navigate the struggle of dealing with local governments, and learning what helps move the needle in favor of the top homebuilders in the country. During this period I've heard the same truth again and again: the best teams win because they track municipal meeting minutes rigorously—every agenda, every packet, every week.

The problem: that rigor is manual. Analysts bookmark dozens of county sites, download PDFs, skim 200-page minutes for a few lines about a rezoning or plat, and paste findings into spreadsheets. It's slow, error-prone, and impossible to scale across markets—so good opportunities get missed.

LandScout is that rigor, automated.
We continuously pull agendas and minutes as they're posted, parse the PDFs, and use AI to identify real estate development motions (rezonings, variances, special/conditional use, plats). Each finding is normalized—case number, applicant, meeting date/type, from/to zoning, municipality—and shown on a map and dashboard you can filter, search, and bookmark. And because trust matters, every indicator links back to the original source file for one-click verification.