Jacob has spent 13 years developing residential and commercial properties across the Twin Cities. He's worked on everything from single-family infill in South Minneapolis to mixed-use projects in Saint Paul's Lowertown. He built ParcelLens to replace the stack of county websites, PDFs, and spreadsheets he used on every deal.
An underbuilt lot is a property where the current use falls well short of what zoning allows. Minneapolis has thousands of them. Here's how to find them before they show up on the MLS.
Unpermitted work is one of the most common — and most expensive — surprises in a home purchase. Here's how to look up a property's permit history before you close.
Minneapolis overhauled its zoning code in 2040. Here's what each Urban Neighborhood zone actually means for what you can build — and how to use it when evaluating a property.
Every property in Hennepin County has a parcel record packed with data most people never look at. Here's how to read one and what each field actually means.