Every building has a story.

I've been in the trades my whole life. I'm one of the owners of Poor John's Plumbing — a Kansas City institution since 1988. I know what it's like to hustle for commercial leads, relationships, and work as a small business.

Over the years I've built a lot of friendships in the roofing industry. I watch these guys grind — cold calling random building managers, knocking without appointments, driving neighborhoods hoping something looks promising. No data on whether the building even had a flat roof. No idea how old it was. No clue who actually owned it or whether they'd be receptive.

Meanwhile, all of that information — building size, construction year, ownership history, property type — was sitting in public county assessor records. Nobody had turned it into something a contractor could actually use.

So I built Structera. Every commercial property in the KC metro, scored by roof replacement probability, ranked by opportunity, with owner data attached. The goal was simple: give contractors the same intelligence advantage that big developers and REITs have had for years.

We launched with Jackson County data — 19,000+ properties scored and live. Johnson County is coming next, then Clay, Platte, Cass, and Wyandotte. Eventually we'll cover every major metro in the Midwest.

If you're a commercial roofing contractor in KC and want to see your territory, I'll show you personally.