How is this different from an appraisal?
An appraisal is a single licensed opinion of value, usually built for a lender, that costs $400 to $700 and takes one to three weeks. It rarely covers zoning, environmental, access, or buildability. A DirtIQ report is property intelligence, not a licensed appraisal. It pulls every public record that matters on your parcel, applies a land developer's underwriting frame, and tells you what a real buyer would pay and why. If you later need a lender appraisal, take the DirtIQ report with you. It usually makes the appraiser's job easier.
Why is the Complete $299?
Because doing this work by hand costs $1,500 to $3,000 across an appraiser, a planner, an environmental consultant, and a title search, and most landowners never bother. The Complete bundles every data layer a professional buyer underwrites before they make an offer, into one cited PDF, delivered same day. Founders pricing at $199 runs through 2026-07-15 while we build out the testimonial pool. After that date it returns to $299 with no override codes. The price reflects what the report saves you, not what it costs us to produce.
What if I am not selling, just curious?
Most of our buyers are not actively selling. They want to know what they actually own before someone else tells them. Land values move with zoning changes, infrastructure decisions, and adjacent ownership. Knowing your real value range, your buildability, and your encumbrances puts you in a position to say yes or no on your own terms when a cash offer or a partnership opportunity does show up. The Snapshot is free for exactly this reason. Run one, sit with it, decide nothing.
Who is behind DirtIQ?
DirtIQ's research team is built around land developers who have collectively underwritten more than 100 deals a year across the western US. The same playbook a developer uses internally to decide whether to make an offer on raw land is what powers each report. Methodology is reviewed by licensed civil engineers and entitlement planners. Every claim in every report is cited to a public source, and we link directly to county GIS, FEMA, USFWS, USDA, and state statute pages so you can verify the data yourself. No anonymous AI, no offshore template shop.
What states do you cover?
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada. These four states are where the data infrastructure, county GIS coverage, and our research team's transactional experience align most cleanly. Coverage extends across every county in those four states, with deeper data in the Tier 1 markets like Klamath OR, Deschutes OR, Kittitas WA, Bonner ID, and Nye NV. If your parcel sits outside these four states, email us at reports@getdirtiq.com. We are expanding and can sometimes accommodate new states within a few days.