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Mapping homes you can buy from the US government for <$100k

govauctions.app
107 points·by player_piano·6 วันที่ผ่านมา·117 comments

Show HN: GovAuctions.app now in US,UK,CA,AU with deal scores and bid estimates

govauctions.app
4 points·by player_piano·12 วันที่ผ่านมา·4 comments

Show HN: GovAuctions lets you browse government auctions at once

govauctions.app
319 points·by player_piano·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·91 comments

Show HN: My 'pet' project, a Tinder-esque experience for rescuing dogs and cats

rescueapet.benswork.space
6 points·by player_piano·4 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·4 comments

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player_piano
·6 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Real estate specifically is very hard to "value" sight unseen from a bidding perspective. The post I shared - with the information on what to look out for as well as possible additional costs - is part of helping people to understand what to bid.
player_piano
·6 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Correct, there are about 3,000 real estate listings right now on the main site: https://govauctions.app/feed?category=real-estate
player_piano
·6 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Yes, sorry, the map UI could be better. You can zoom in to the state level, which hopefully will help a little with not losing context.
player_piano
·6 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
The data are from HUD, Fannie Mae HomePath, and Freddie Mac HomeSteps. There's a methodology section towards the bottom of the page.
player_piano
·6 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Apologies, clicking on the dot should also take you to the listing.
player_piano
·6 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Appreciate it, but no need - happy you found it interesting. If you end up buying one of these, let me know!
player_piano
·6 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Over the weekend, I pulled some data from my website to find the cheapest homes you can buy from the US federal government. The outliers (a $3,000 house in Flint, MI) are often in quite a state of disrepair, but there are lots of...lots...which are in reasonable condition across many US states.
player_piano
·12 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Oh boy ok thank you for the screenshot :-) I'll see what I can do.
player_piano
·12 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Indeed, I recently added an API with a free tier (https://govauctions.app/developers) If the free cap is too low for you to get an understanding of what you can do with it, let me know.

Let me look at adding fallback JS.
player_piano
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
This sounds like a fun Saturday morning creative writing activity - "lot of 150,000 surplus government Cybertrucks, lightly used"
player_piano
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Thank you. I think the highlight so far has been one of my friends buying an industrial lathe that he found on the site!
player_piano
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I am still on Vercel (yes I know, trying to migrate off...) and it gives you automated alerts when there are anomalous traffic spikes. Funnily enough, I have had about 10 scrapers from various places scraping the site in the last week.
player_piano
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Thanks for tagging! I got a "traffic spike" notification from Hackernews for my site (https://govauctions.app) and wondered what was going on :-)
player_piano
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Oh Northern line, I would recognize that ear-splitting screech anywhere.
player_piano
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I'm not scraping sites like govdeals, so no need to worry about that thankfully.
player_piano
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Ok, I'll dig into this more.
player_piano
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Thanks, definitely on my to-do list.
player_piano
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Thanks, appreciate the advice.
player_piano
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I believe this should now be working. Thanks for the suggestion.
player_piano
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Will look into this, I have seen some issues where the API data is not reflective of the current bid status.