Use cases
Built for everyone who does the deal.
One workstation. Different jobs. Brokers source cold leads and pitch listings. Owners value their portfolio and watch the block. Developers screen sites and stack scenarios. Same data, same tools — no separate product to learn.
Walkthroughs
Three real workflows, end to end.
Not feature lists. Three full sequences from the moment a user opens RunEnvelope to the moment they have what they came for. Five steps each, no skipping, the actual click path.
Walkthrough · Broker
The broker chasing a Brooklyn cold lead.
From a vacant lot spotted at a stoplight to a showing booked the same hour.
- 01
Spots a vacant lot at 362 8th Street
Broker is driving down 8th Street in Park Slope, sees a fenced-off parcel, types the address into RunEnvelope from the driver's seat at a red light.
- 02
ZoLa Plus surfaces the LLC owner
The property card loads instantly. Owner of record: 362 WARRENPOINT LLC. Last sold five years ago, no listings, no permits filed. The kind of cold lead every broker passes on because the LLC is opaque.
- 03
Pierces the LLC — vision fails, address DD takes over
One click on Pierce LLC. Vision AI runs the recorded deed and mortgage in parallel — both signatures are illegible. The pipeline auto-falls-through to address-DD on the grantee mailing address (541 3rd St, Brooklyn), returns the Gallagher family cluster, and surfaces James Gallagher (67) as the candidate principal. No human intervention.
- 04
Skip-trace returns cell + email
Broker clicks Skip-trace James Gallagher. The card flips to reveal his cell, personal email, LinkedIn, and the operating company he runs out of the Brooklyn address.
- 05
Calls James, books a showing within an hour
Cold call connects on the second ring. James is open to a conversation — broker books a walkthrough for that afternoon. The lead, the contact, and the notes stay private to her account.
Walkthrough · Owner
The owner monitoring their portfolio.
Twelve buildings on one map. Never blindsided by a violation, a deadline, or a refi.
- 01
Saves 12 NYC buildings to /my-dashboard
Owner opens the platform, drops in each address, and hits Save to dashboard. The dashboard now mirrors their portfolio — every BBL, every lot line, every building footprint, on one map.
- 02
Tags each property with custom labels
Inline tag editor — “residential”, “Class A”, “Brooklyn watch”, “refi 2026”. Tags drive filtering on the map, the deal list, and the calendar.
- 03
Subscribes the calendar .ics feed to Google Calendar
One click copies the personalized .ics URL. Pasted into Google Calendar Other Calendars. LOI deadlines, mortgage maturities, and closing dates now appear on their phone alongside dentist appointments.
- 04
Gets a violation alert at 6:47 AM
DOB issues a Class 1 hazardous violation on a watched BBL. RunEnvelope fires the email + push before the building's super has it on his clipboard. Owner forwards to counsel from the alert, with the full violation text inline.
- 05
Refinancing — runs zoning + pro-forma instantly
The lender wants a quick feasibility view. Owner clicks the saved building, runs the on-demand zoning report and the pro-forma side-by-side, and exports a white-label PDF. Sent to the lender by lunch. No architect engagement, no $5,000 invoice.
Setup time · ~10 minutes · Ongoing cost · zero attention
Open My DashboardWalkthrough · Developer
The developer figuring out what to build — and what it's worth.
From a broker email at 9 AM to an IC-ready underwriting at noon. One workstation, no architect engagement, no $20K spent before a bid.
- 01
Drops the address into RunEnvelope from the broker email
Broker emails an off-market sheet for 215-16 Northern Boulevard in Bayside. Developer pastes the address into the workstation. Three seconds later: PLUTO, ZoLa, zoning district, lot dimensions, existing structure, last sale, and the LLC owner all on one page.
- 02
Runs the full zoning study — every legal scenario in one click
Hits Analyze. The engine sweeps the lot through every legal pathway: max residential, commercial overlay, City of Yes / UAP, IH bonuses, AIRS senior-housing bonus, shared housing (SRO), community facility, special-district overrides. Every scenario comes back with FAR, height, GSF, unit count, parking layout, and floorplan sketches.
- 03
Compares the top three side-by-side
Picks the best three by FAR achieved and program mix. The comparison view shows them on the same page: Max Res + AIRS Senior Bonus (38 units, 42,820 BSF), Shared Housing / SRO (67 units on the same envelope), Commercial Overlay (mixed-use with ground-floor retail). Each one has its own elevation, floorplan, and ZR citation table — defensible to any architect or DOB examiner.
- 04
Values the scenario at stabilization
Flips to Indicative valuation. NOI from borough-typical rent + opex assumptions. Income approach: NOI ÷ exit cap. Cross-checked against the comp-implied $/SF from nearby ACRIS sales. Midpoint value lands at ~$11M stabilized. Sensitivities on rent and cap-rate are one slider away.
- 05
Exports a white-label PDF for the IC meeting
Hits Export PDF. The full architect-grade study plus the indicative pro forma comes out under the firm's logo and brand. Sent to the investment committee before lunch. Total spent: one credit. No outside architect engaged, no $5,000 invoice, no two-week wait.
End-to-end · ~30 minutes · Cost · 1 credit
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Brokers
Win listings and deliver what used to cost thousands.
Walk into the pitch with an architect-grade feasibility study under your firm's logo — same day the inbound came in. Source cold leads by piercing the LLC. Track every client, target, and active deal in one pipeline.
White-label reports
Upload your logo, set your brand colors, add your firm name. Every report your client sees looks like it came from your team.
ZoLa Plus for owner outreach
Owner names, contact info, violations, distress scores, DOB permit history. Build your outreach list directly from the platform.
Deal Pipeline
Kanban board for your listings and targets. Attach reports, add contacts, log notes. See every active deal at a glance.
Rezoning + violation alerts
Watch any lot. Get notified when a rezoning affects it, a violation hits, or a new-build permit files nearby — before the block knows.
Instant reports for pitches
Enter an address, get a pitch-ready feasibility study back. Same-day response on owner inbounds.
Valuation for listing prep
Model NOI and implied value with NYC-specific defaults. Price a listing with a cap rate cross-checked against ACRIS comps.
Your brand on every report.
Upload your logo once in Settings. Every report your clients view on the web or receive as a PDF carries your firm name, your colors, and your logo. No RunEnvelope branding.
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Zoning Feasibility Study
Stop calling the front desk
Get the principal's cell phone.
Most NYC commercial buildings are held in single-purpose LLCs. We pierce them — vision AI on the recorded deed and mortgage, address-DD as fallback — and resolve the human signer to a cell, email, LinkedIn, and operating company. Pierce 251 PAS LLC, get Jeffrey J. Feil. No skip-trace credits to buy; piercing is included in your Enterprise seat (1,000 fresh skip-traces per year, fully cached BBLs are free).
Owners
Understand your portfolio like a pro, without hiring one.
Know what each building is worth. Know what you could build on the lot if you redeveloped. Get alerted when a rezoning, a violation, or a new-build files near a property you care about. The tools your architect and your broker use — pointed at the buildings you already own.
What is my building worth?
Income-approach valuation with NYC defaults for Class 2 property tax, water, heat, and payroll. Implied value, value per unit, value per SF. Cross-check with nearby ACRIS sales in Comparables.
What could I build here?
Run an architect-grade zoning study on your own lot — every scenario, every envelope, every tax program, plus floorplan sketches. Know what your development upside actually is.
Model a what-if upzoning
Rezoning Modeler lets you simulate any zoning change on your lot and see how the envelope, unit count, and FAR would shift. Useful if a rezoning is proposed nearby.
Watch your portfolio
Save every property you own to My Dashboard. Get alerted when a violation is filed, a new-build permit is issued nearby, or a rezoning enters public review.
Neighborhood awareness
Permit Monitor shows every NB permit citywide. See what's getting built on your block before the construction fence goes up.
Due diligence before you buy
Looking at another building? Pull a ZoLa Plus report in seconds — owner, violations, permits, tax arrears, distress score, transaction history.
Developers
Screen sites, stack scenarios, value the deal.
From raw address to complete underwriting picture, in one platform. Every scenario evaluated against every program. Assemblage in one click. Valuation and comparables in the same workstation.
Research
ZoLa Plus: owner, violations, distress score, DOB permits, transaction history on any NYC property.
Zoning Study
Full architect-grade feasibility — FAR, height, setbacks, every scenario, 3D massing, floorplan sketches, side-by-side comparison.
Assemblage + Rezoning Modeler
Combine adjacent lots or model a what-if upzoning. See how the envelope changes live.
Valuation + Comparables
Value the building by NOI ÷ cap rate with NYC defaults. Cross-check the cap rate against nearby ACRIS sales.
Pipeline
Track every target from screening to close. Kanban board, contacts, notes, attached reports.
Assemblage
Select multiple adjacent lots. The engine computes merged zoning, combined FAR, shared yards, and per-program scenarios for the whole site.
Valuation with NYC defaults
Income approach with Class 2 tax auto-calculated, heat / water / payroll NYC defaults, comparables pulled from ACRIS and ranked by zoning + size + recency.