Commercial (CRE) Search

RealEstateAPI can support multiple types of Commercial searches:

Mutli-Family Commercial Properties

1. "mfh_5plus" will return multi-family properties with 5 or more units
   1. not all properties marked mfh_5plus: true are true commercial as deemed on the county level
2. since definitions of commercial multi-family can vary, you can create your own definition using:
   1. "property_type": "MFR"
   2. "units_min" & "units_max"

Commercial Land

1. perform initial search for property_type: "LAND"
2. inspect the "lotInfo.landUse" for "COMMERCIAL" or "Commercial"

Step 1 - hit /v2/PropertySearch (Tip: use "ids_only: true" to prevent double spending your credits

{
  "ids_only": true,
  "city": "Richmond",
  "state": "VA",
  "property_type": "LAND"
}

Step 2 - hit /v2/PropertyDetail to get access to lotInfo.landUse for each record

for (let id of propertySearchResults.data) {
  
  let result = await hitPropertyDetail(id);
  
  console.log('check if commercial: ', result.lotInfo.landUse);
}

Note: if "COMMERCIAL" or "Commercial" it is land designated for commercial use.

Commercial (General)

1. most of our commercial coverage falls in property_type: "OTHER"
2. if you want to get specific with a certain category, you can provide a Property Use Code or a List of Property Use Codes
3. for example, if I wanted to search for Office Buildings I could use the following codes:
   1. 136 => COMMERCIAL OFFICE (GENERAL)
   2. 140 => STORE/OFFICE (MIXED USE)
   3. 169 => OFFICE BUILDING
   4. 170 => OFFICE BUILDING (MULTI-STORY)
   5. 171 => COMMERCIAL OFFICE/RESIDENTIAL (MIXED USE)
   6. 184 => SKYSCRAPER/HIGH-RISE (COMMERCIAL OFFICES)

{
  "state": "VA",
  "property_use_code": [136, 140, 169, 170, 171, 184]
}