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June 30, 2009 by Chris.
EveryBlock is a great site that was funded through a grant from the Knight Foundation. You can view crime activity (and other things) down to the street block level. Their mission is to provide ultra-local street block level news.
Today is a big day for EveryBlock as their grant period is now finished with the Knight Foundation. As part of the grant, they promised to release their source code to the public. This will allow programmers to build more functionality on top of the EveryBlock data, kind of like how Apple allows programmers to build apps for the iPhone.
CNA Capital is all over this source code. We plan on overlaying this crime data with MLS listings data to find cheap properties, on good streets (i.e. low crime), in areas where other investors may overlook (i.e. bad zip codes). Distressed properties in Chicago offer a HUGE opportunity right now and this just gave us an extra tool!
Link to EB source code: The EveryBlock source code
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