Tools
Before you sign anything.
Built from Georgia public records and the real numbers operators send us. Each tool answers one question you'd otherwise pay a consultant — or a bad contractor — to learn.
- VettingLive
Contractor Check
Type a name. Georgia license status, entity standing, bond and insurance on file, complaints — in ten seconds.
GA SOS licensing + corporations records
Run a check → - PlanningLive
Construction Process
Six questions about the project, budget and where you are today. A step-by-step game plan: what to do in what order, the documents each step needs, who to call.
Site to opening · 2 minutes
Build my game plan → - ReferenceLive
Glossary
The words on the paperwork — LOI, NNN, lien waiver, schedule of values, CO — in plain English, with templates and guides where we have them.
136 terms · leases, loans, permits, contracts
Browse the glossary → - PlanningLive
Buildout Budget Estimator
Five questions about the space and the use. A realistic range per square foot and the line items that surprise people.
Five questions · 90 seconds
Estimate a buildout →
Next up
Subscribers to The Brief hear first when each one ships.
- LeasingComing soon
Lease Math
NNN, TI allowance, free rent and escalations turned into one effective monthly number you can compare across spaces.
Targeting November
- PermitsComing soon
Permit Timeline
Pick a jurisdiction and project type; get the review sequence and current turnaround times from the portals.
Cobb + City of Atlanta first
- FinancingComing soon
SBA & Loan Calculator
7(a) vs. 504 vs. equipment financing on your actual project cost, with local lender turnaround notes.
In research
- SpaceComing soon
Sublease Board
Second-generation restaurant and office space operators are quietly trying to hand off — before it hits LoopNet.
Listings by invitation
Where the data comes from
Georgia Secretary of State licensing and corporations records, Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb and Gwinnett permit portals, and cost figures operators share with us after the job closes out. Sources are cited on every result.
What it isn't
Not legal, tax or engineering advice, and not a substitute for your own references. A clean check means the paperwork is in order today; it doesn't mean the crew shows up Tuesday.
Been through it?
Closeout numbers and permit timelines from real jobs make the estimator and the process plan sharper for the next operator. We strip names and addresses.
Send a closeout →