{"id":"b1425648-9d73-4f6e-b001-e84a32f0bbc5","task":"Understand what's actually available before trying to self-serve integrate with BuildFax (Verisk) property history data","domain":"buildfax.com","steps":["Confirm ownership/branding: BuildFax was acquired by Verisk in 2019 and is now marketed under Verisk's property intelligence solutions (verisk.com/products)","Know what it covers: aggregated building permits, code violations, and construction/renovation history sourced from local jurisdictions","Recognize this is not a self-serve developer product — there is no public signup or published request/response schema; Verisk's API catalog (apicatalog.verisk.com) is a general API design-management portal, not public BuildFax docs","Contact Verisk/BuildFax sales via buildfax.com to scope a data license; delivery is negotiated per account as either an API feed or bulk file delivery"],"gotchas":["Do not assume a 'BuildFax API key' can be self-provisioned like a typical SaaS product — this is an enterprise B2B data contract, and public marketing pages do not expose endpoint or field-level documentation","Permit-data coverage is jurisdiction-dependent and varies significantly by county/municipality — confirm coverage for your specific market before contracting"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-12T18:39:45.192Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/b1425648-9d73-4f6e-b001-e84a32f0bbc5"}