# Hercules

> Hercules is a property research tool and CRM for real estate investors, wholesalers, brokers and small acquisition teams. It covers every New York City tax lot in depth, open NYC foreclosure cases, company owners and foreclosure plaintiffs, and US property records nationwide, on the web and through its MCP server for AI assistants.

Every NYC lot has a free public summary at /property/{address-slug}. A full report, owner details and contacts need an account and spend credits.

Each New York City lot report holds the owner of record and company owners, deeds and sales history, mortgages, property tax and assessments, zoning and development figures, building permits, open housing and building violations, and building registration contacts, in one place instead of a separate lookup per city agency.

Long Island: every parcel in Nassau and Suffolk counties has a free public page, and its full report carries the same detail as any US report below, plus the county assessment roll and unpaid taxes in Nassau. Permits, violations and zoning analysis are New York City only today.

Across the US: property records in every US state, searchable by state plus ZIP, city or county, on the web and from AI assistants. Each full report shows the owners of record, mailing address, whether the owner lives there or out of state, how long they have owned it, whether it is company owned or inherited, and the owner's other properties with their total value, equity and mortgage balance; every recorded sale with buyer and seller, deed type, whether it was cash or financed, down payment and loan-to-value; the full mortgage history, open and closed, with lender, amount, recording and maturity dates, loan type, interest rate and term, plus the estimated balance, monthly payment, value and equity; foreclosure filings with the recording date, auction date and place, trustee and original loan amount; the current listing and listing history with price, status and days on market; building details from rooms, construction and roof to heating, basement, garage and pool; the lot with parcel number, zoning, land use, legal description and subdivision; the tax bill with land and improvement values and exemptions; and the area: flood zone, estimated and fair market rents by bedroom count, household income and nearby schools with ratings. Search filters cover distress (pre-foreclosure, foreclosure, auction, bank-owned, vacant, absentee owner, high equity, free and clear, inherited), owners (company-owned, out-of-state owner, cash buyer, owners of several properties, last sale date) and the property (type, beds, baths, value, equity, year built). Investor search finds active buyers with their portfolio size and purchases in the last 12 months.

Search on a map or in a table, filter by borough, neighborhood, ZIP, property type and pre-foreclosure status, save properties to lists, and work them as deals in the built-in CRM.

Hercules builds each report from public records and licensed property data, matched to one tax lot, and refreshes open NYC foreclosure cases daily.

Mortgages in a full report: Lender, loan amount, recording date and maturity date for each mortgage, with the estimated open balance and equity; loan type and interest rate where recorded. NYC foreclosure cases add the amount claimed, default date, interest rate, daily interest, servicer and case stage.

## Product
- [Product facts](https://hercules.properties/product-facts): coverage, plans and prices
- [Pricing](https://hercules.properties/pricing)
- [Pre-foreclosure Intelligence](https://hercules.properties/pre-foreclosure-intelligence)
- [MCP server](https://hercules.properties/integrations/mcp): connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor to https://app.hercules.properties/mcp

## Data
- [Open NYC pre-foreclosure cases](https://hercules.properties/nyc/preforeclosures)
- [Upcoming NYC foreclosure auctions](https://hercules.properties/nyc/foreclosure-auctions)
- [NYC ACRIS search by address](https://hercules.properties/nyc/acris-search)
- [Free NYC property tools](https://hercules.properties/tools): BBL, property tax, zoning, violations, permits and sales history by address
- [Who owns NYC's landmark buildings](https://hercules.properties/nyc/landmarks)
- [Who owns my building? NYC landlord lookup](https://hercules.properties/nyc/who-owns-my-building)
- [NYC pre-foreclosure stage tracker](https://hercules.properties/research/nyc-preforeclosure-stages)
- [NYC property sales by borough and neighborhood](https://hercules.properties/research/nyc-property-sales): monthly sales count, median price and total from recorded deeds
- [NYC's biggest property sales by month](https://hercules.properties/research/nyc-biggest-sales): the largest recorded sales citywide and per borough
- [NYC buildings with the most open housing violations](https://hercules.properties/research/nyc-buildings-most-violations)
- [Top company buyers of NYC property](https://hercules.properties/research/nyc-top-company-buyers)
- [Largest company owners of NYC property](https://hercules.properties/owners)
- [NYC foreclosure plaintiffs](https://hercules.properties/lenders)

## Guides and comparisons
- [Hercules for real estate investors in New York City](https://hercules.properties/for/investors): Research any NYC lot, see who owns it, and work NYC pre-foreclosure cases, with a CRM to track every deal.
- [Hercules for wholesalers working New York City](https://hercules.properties/for/wholesalers): Find the owner of record, check whether a foreclosure case is still live, and keep every seller conversation in one CRM.
- [Hercules for small acquisition teams](https://hercules.properties/for/acquisition-teams): Source-backed property research, owner records and distress signals for NYC deals, with a shared CRM for small teams.
- [Hercules for enterprises and data teams](https://hercules.properties/for/enterprise): US property, owner and foreclosure data for lenders, funds, brokerages and proptech teams: team seats, API and MCP access, and volume pricing.
- [How to find who owns a property in New York City](https://hercules.properties/guides/nyc-property-owner-lookup): The public records that name a NYC property owner, what each one actually says, and how to look one up by address.
- [How to find the person behind an LLC that owns NYC property](https://hercules.properties/guides/find-the-owner-behind-an-llc-in-nyc): What public records can and cannot tell you about who controls an LLC-owned building in New York, and where to look.
- [How to search ACRIS for a property owner](https://hercules.properties/guides/acris-owner-search): Using the city's ACRIS system to find deeds and mortgages by address or BBL, what it covers, and where it stops.
- [How to research a New York City pre-foreclosure](https://hercules.properties/guides/how-to-research-a-nyc-pre-foreclosure): Read a NYC foreclosure case from the filing to the sale: the documents, what each stage means, and what to check before you call.
- [Foreclosure filing, active case, scheduled sale: what each means](https://hercules.properties/guides/foreclosure-filing-vs-scheduled-sale): The stages of a New York foreclosure case, what each one does and does not tell you, and how far apart they can be.
- [How to avoid stale foreclosure leads](https://hercules.properties/guides/avoid-stale-foreclosure-leads): Why foreclosure lists go stale, the checks that catch a dead case, and how to keep a distressed-property list current.
- [Owner of record, beneficial owner, contact: the difference](https://hercules.properties/guides/owner-of-record-vs-beneficial-owner): The roles that show up in NYC property records, which ones own the building, and which ones only manage or receive mail.
- [How to verify owner contact information before outreach](https://hercules.properties/guides/verify-owner-contact-information): Check that a phone number or address belongs to the person who controls a property before you call, mail or text.
- [Screening a NYC lot's zoning and FAR before an acquisition](https://hercules.properties/guides/nyc-zoning-and-far-screening): Read a lot's zoning district and floor area ratio to estimate what could be built, and the limits of a quick screen.
- [Reading building violations and permits in due diligence](https://hercules.properties/guides/building-violations-in-due-diligence): Which NYC agencies record violations and permits, what open versus closed means, and what to ask about before you buy.
- [When free NYC public records are enough, and when they are not](https://hercules.properties/guides/when-free-public-records-are-enough): What you can research yourself on the city's free sites, and where pulling the records together saves real time.
- [First-pass property diligence checklist (NYC)](https://hercules.properties/guides/property-diligence-checklist): A repeatable first-pass checklist for a New York City acquisition: identity, ownership, liens, physical condition and zoning.
- [Owner research dossier: a template](https://hercules.properties/guides/owner-research-dossier-template): A simple structure for writing up who owns a property: the entity, the people, each connection's evidence and what is unknown.
- [Your free Hercules property report: what is in it](https://hercules.properties/guides/free-nyc-property-report): What a free Hercules account gives you: full reports on any NYC property, what each one includes, and what happens after you sign up.
- [How Hercules credits work](https://hercules.properties/guides/how-hercules-credits-work): Credits pay for reports, owner lookups and nationwide data in Hercules. How you get them, what they cost and how they expire.
- [Using Hercules in ChatGPT and Claude](https://hercules.properties/guides/hercules-in-chatgpt-and-claude): Connect your Hercules account to ChatGPT or Claude and research NYC property, owners and pre-foreclosures in plain English.
- [NYC tax lots, BBLs and condo units explained](https://hercules.properties/guides/nyc-bbl-tax-lots-and-condo-units): What a BBL is, how New York City numbers tax lots, and why a condo building has a billing lot and a separate lot for every unit.
- [NYC market value vs assessed value vs sale price](https://hercules.properties/guides/nyc-market-value-vs-assessed-value): The values on a NYC property record: the city's market value, assessed value and recorded sale price, and what each is for.
- [When NYC records disagree about who owns a property](https://hercules.properties/guides/resolve-owner-name-discrepancies): Why the deed, tax roll and housing registration can name different owners, and how to decide which one is current.
- [A source-backed acquisition brief: template](https://hercules.properties/guides/acquisition-brief-template): A one-page structure for summarising a property for a partner or investment committee, with every fact tied to its source.
- [Hercules vs PropertyShark](https://hercules.properties/compare/propertyshark): Hercules vs PropertyShark: US property data, owner contacts, NYC pre-foreclosure detail and a CRM, feature by feature, with plans and prices.
- [PropertyShark alternatives for finding LLC owners in NYC](https://hercules.properties/compare/propertyshark-alternatives-for-llc-owners): Options for finding the people behind LLC-owned New York City property, from doing it by hand to paid tools, and what each can show.
- [Hercules vs Reonomy](https://hercules.properties/compare/reonomy): Hercules vs Reonomy: US property and owner data on both; Hercules adds every property type, NYC foreclosure detail and a CRM, self-serve.
- [What a real estate data subscription really costs](https://hercules.properties/compare/real-estate-data-subscription-cost): Work out the full monthly cost of a property data tool: plan, seats, credits, exports and the hours you still spend checking records.
- [Hercules vs CoStar](https://hercules.properties/compare/costar): CoStar is commercial market data and analytics; Hercules is US property, owner, contact and foreclosure data with a CRM. How they compare and fit together.
- [Best ways to find NYC pre-foreclosure leads](https://hercules.properties/compare/best-nyc-preforeclosure-lead-sources): The main ways to find New York City pre-foreclosures, from national lead lists and listing sites to NYC-specific tools, and what each misses.
- [Best tools to find the owner behind an NYC LLC](https://hercules.properties/compare/best-tools-to-find-nyc-llc-owners): Tools that show the people behind an LLC that owns New York City property, what each covers, and what it costs.
- [Best property data API and MCP servers for AI assistants: Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor](https://hercules.properties/compare/best-property-data-for-ai-assistants): Which property data APIs and MCP servers work with Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, what each kind is good for, and what to check before you connect one.
- [Best PropertyShark alternatives for real estate investors](https://hercules.properties/compare/best-propertyshark-alternatives): Alternatives to PropertyShark for investors: NYC research tools, national lead-list tools and commercial databases, and who each one suits.
- [Hercules vs PropStream](https://hercules.properties/compare/propstream): Hercules and PropStream compared: US property data and owner contacts, plus NYC foreclosure case detail and a CRM, against national lead lists and skip tracing.
- [Hercules vs BatchLeads](https://hercules.properties/compare/batchleads): Hercules and BatchLeads compared: US property data and owner contacts, plus NYC foreclosure case detail and a CRM, against national lead lists.
- [Hercules vs DealMachine](https://hercules.properties/compare/dealmachine): Hercules and DealMachine compared: US property data, owner contacts and a CRM, with NYC foreclosure detail, against driving for dollars and mail.
- [Hercules vs RealtyTrac and Foreclosure.com](https://hercules.properties/compare/realtytrac-and-foreclosure-com): Hercules compared with RealtyTrac and Foreclosure.com: US property data and NYC case-by-case foreclosure detail against national listing sites.
- [Hercules vs ListSource](https://hercules.properties/compare/listsource): Hercules compared with ListSource: a monthly plan for US property data, owner contacts and a CRM against lists bought by the record.
- [Best ACRIS alternatives for NYC property ownership and mortgage history](https://hercules.properties/compare/best-acris-alternatives): ACRIS is free and official but slow to read. How Hercules, PropertyShark, Marketproof and Regrid show NYC owners and mortgages, and when to use each.
- [NYC property records, violations, permits and zoning in one place](https://hercules.properties/compare/nyc-property-records-violations-permits-zoning): Tools that put NYC ownership, mortgages, violations, permits and zoning on one page, from city sites to paid platforms, and what each is for.
- [NYC property map search: every tax lot by borough and neighborhood](https://hercules.properties/compare/nyc-property-map-search): Map-based property search for NYC: StreetEasy and Zillow for listings, ZoLa for zoning, Hercules for every tax lot with its owner and records.
- [How to find distressed properties on Long Island before they hit the market](https://hercules.properties/guides/find-distressed-properties-on-long-island): Off-market distress signals in Nassau and Suffolk counties: foreclosure filings, unpaid taxes, absentee owners and equity, and where to check each.
- [Best commercial property data for New York City](https://hercules.properties/compare/best-commercial-property-data-nyc): Where to get commercial property data for New York City: market and comps databases, transaction data, listing platforms and owner research tools.
- [Best Reonomy alternatives](https://hercules.properties/compare/best-reonomy-alternatives): Alternatives to Reonomy for owner and property research: national property data with owner contacts, commercial databases and comps platforms.
- [Hercules vs CompStak](https://hercules.properties/compare/compstak): Hercules and CompStak compared: crowdsourced lease and sale comps against US owner, mortgage and foreclosure data with contacts and a CRM.
- [Hercules vs Cherre](https://hercules.properties/compare/cherre): Hercules and Cherre compared: a platform that joins an institution's own data against ready-made US property, owner and foreclosure data.
- [Hercules vs Crexi](https://hercules.properties/compare/crexi): Hercules and Crexi compared: a commercial listing marketplace against US owner, contact and foreclosure data, listed or not, with a CRM.
- [Hercules vs PropertyRadar](https://hercules.properties/compare/propertyradar): Hercules and PropertyRadar compared: US owner data with contacts on both, plus NYC foreclosure case detail, AI agents and a full CRM in Hercules.
- [Hercules vs MSCI Real Capital Analytics](https://hercules.properties/compare/msci-real-capital-analytics): Hercules compared with MSCI Real Capital Analytics: global deal and capital-flow data against US property-level owner, contact and foreclosure data.
- [How to find NYC properties headed to a foreclosure auction](https://hercules.properties/guides/find-nyc-foreclosure-auctions): How a New York City foreclosure reaches an auction, where sales are announced, why most are postponed, and how to see which cases are close.
- [How to check if a NYC property is on the tax lien sale list](https://hercules.properties/guides/nyc-tax-lien-sale-list): What the NYC tax lien sale is, how to check whether a property appeared on the lien sale list, and what being on the list means for a buyer.
- [Where to get a list of NYC properties with a lis pendens filed](https://hercules.properties/guides/nyc-lis-pendens-list): What a lis pendens is in New York, which ones are foreclosures, and how to get a current list of NYC properties with an open case.
- [How to check unused air rights on a NYC lot](https://hercules.properties/guides/check-unused-air-rights-nyc): Estimate a NYC lot's unused air rights from its zoning, FAR and lot area, what can change the number, and how to see it for any lot.
- [How to find motivated sellers in Queens](https://hercules.properties/guides/find-motivated-sellers-in-queens): The signals that mark a motivated seller in Queens, from foreclosure cases to tax liens and long-held homes with high equity, and how to work them.
- [How to find off-market multifamily buildings in Brooklyn](https://hercules.properties/guides/find-off-market-multifamily-in-brooklyn): Find Brooklyn multifamily owners likely to sell before they list: long holds, maturing mortgages, distress and LLC portfolios, and how to reach them.
- [How to find active cash buyers and investors in a specific ZIP code](https://hercules.properties/guides/find-cash-buyers-by-zip-code): Find the investors and cash buyers active in any ZIP code from recent sales, see how many properties each bought in the last 12 months, and reach them.
- [How to find hard money lenders that are active in New York](https://hercules.properties/guides/find-hard-money-lenders-in-new-york): Find the hard-money and private lenders actually lending in New York from recent recorded loans, what to ask them, and how to compare terms.
- [How to find the phone number of a property owner in New York](https://hercules.properties/guides/find-a-property-owner-phone-number-in-new-york): Go from a New York address to the owner's phone number: the owner of record, the person behind an LLC, skip tracing, and the do-not-call rules.
- [How to estimate the equity in a NYC property before making an offer](https://hercules.properties/guides/estimate-equity-in-a-nyc-property): Estimate a NYC property's equity: a realistic value, the open balance on every mortgage, other liens, and what a foreclosure adds to the amount owed.
- [Nassau County property owner lookup with mortgage and sale history](https://hercules.properties/guides/nassau-county-property-owner-lookup): Look up who owns a property in Nassau County, NY, with its mortgages, sale history, assessment and unpaid taxes on one report.
- [Can ChatGPT or Claude look up property records and owners?](https://hercules.properties/guides/can-chatgpt-or-claude-look-up-property-records): What ChatGPT and Claude can and cannot find about a property on their own, and how an MCP connector lets them look up owners, mortgages and foreclosures.
- [Best BatchLeads and DealMachine alternatives for NYC investors](https://hercules.properties/compare/best-batchleads-and-dealmachine-alternatives): Alternatives to BatchLeads and DealMachine for New York City investors: tools that handle LLC owners, slow foreclosure cases and a CRM.
- [Best real estate CRM for investors with property data built in](https://hercules.properties/compare/best-real-estate-crm-for-investors): Investor CRMs compared: which ones include property data and owner lookup, and which need lists from somewhere else.
- [Nationwide property search with owner, mortgage, equity and absentee-owner filters](https://hercules.properties/compare/best-nationwide-property-data-with-owner-and-mortgage-details): Where to search US property data by owner, mortgage, equity and distress, and which tools add owner contacts, an API or an MCP server.
- [Hercules for commercial real estate brokers in New York City](https://hercules.properties/for/commercial-brokers): Find who owns a NYC building, the people behind the LLC, their portfolio, mortgages and sales, and how to reach them.
- [Hercules for title companies and due diligence in New York City](https://hercules.properties/for/title-and-due-diligence): One NYC property report with owner, deeds, mortgages, tax, zoning, permits and violations, instead of a lookup on each city site.
- [Hercules for lenders: NYC pre-foreclosure and lis pendens data](https://hercules.properties/for/lenders): Every open NYC foreclosure case and lis pendens, updated daily, with stage, amount owed, lender and equity, in the app or as a feed.
- [Hercules vs Regrid](https://hercules.properties/compare/regrid): Hercules vs Regrid: nationwide parcel boundaries and GIS layers, against owner, mortgage, equity and distress research with contacts and a CRM.
- [Hercules vs PropWire](https://hercules.properties/compare/propwire): Hercules vs PropWire: a free nationwide lead search with low-cost skip tracing, against NYC depth, owners behind LLCs, a CRM and AI access.
- [Hercules vs RegWatch](https://hercules.properties/compare/regwatch): Hercules vs RegWatch: NYC building compliance alerts against owner, LLC, mortgage, equity and foreclosure research with contacts and a CRM.
- [NYC pre-foreclosure and lis pendens data: daily feed and API](https://hercules.properties/data/nyc-preforeclosures): Every open New York City foreclosure case on a tax lot, refreshed daily, with stage, amount owed, plaintiff and equity. App, CSV, API or MCP.
- [NYC building permit and violation data: API and bulk files](https://hercules.properties/data/nyc-permits-violations): Building permits, housing and building violations and certificates of occupancy for every NYC tax lot, matched by BBL. App, CSV, API or MCP.
- [NYC property ownership and mortgage data: owners, LLCs, deeds](https://hercules.properties/data/nyc-ownership): Owner of record, the people behind LLCs, deeds, mortgages and sales for every New York City lot and condo unit. App, CSV, API or MCP.
- [Long Island property data: Nassau and Suffolk parcels and sales](https://hercules.properties/data/long-island-parcels): Every parcel in Nassau and Suffolk counties with owner, value and recorded sales, by town and street. App, CSV, API or MCP.