Realty Check | Devpost

💡 Inspiration

Investing in real estate—especially vacation homes—can be risky and confusing. Hidden factors like flood zones, crime rates, or short-term rental restrictions aren’t always clear from a listing. We wanted to build a tool that acts like a digital detective, giving everyday investors the full picture before they commit to a property.

🛠 What it does

Realty Check is a smart, no-fluff web app that helps users evaluate real estate investments with confidence. It pulls in data from Redfin to:

Detect risks (natural disasters, crime, HOA lawsuits, flips)
Forecast ROI and rental income
Compare multiple properties side-by-side
Provide location-based insights and financial snapshots

🧱 How we built it

We built Realty Check using:

HTML, CSS, and Vanilla JavaScript for the frontend
Sample property datasets (mocked for demo purposes)
LocalStorage to track compared properties
A modular file structure with pages for listing search, comparison, and risk reports

🧩 Challenges we ran into

Finding free, reliable real estate APIs was tough
Designing a clean, functional UI without frameworks like React pushed us to get creative with plain JavaScript and DOM manipulation
Making the compare feature intuitive took several UX tweaks

🏆 Accomplishments that we're proud of

A fully functional property comparison and risk analysis tool built in just 20 hours
Address-based search with live filtering and user interaction
A clean, modern interface with a standout brand and original UI/UX design
Strong collaboration and task ownership throughout the build