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For AI agents: the documentation index is /docs/llms.txt, and this page is available as Markdown.

Look up a property and its owner

Start from an address, make sure it's the right parcel, then read the records behind it. What comes back depends on what the county publishes.

Ask

Who owns 500 Howard St in San Francisco, and what did they pay?
Cite the sources, and say what's missing.

What the assistant does

  1. search for the address. If more than one property matches, it asks which one you mean.
  2. fetch the property it picked for the full record: owner of record, sales, assessments and sources.
  3. get_property_ownership for saved ownership research and the people connected to the owner.

For a filtered screen instead of one address, such as office buildings in Oakland held for more than 15 years, it uses search_properties.

What a good answer looks like

  • It names the property and parcel it found.
  • Every fact has its source and date.
  • The owner of record is kept apart from the people behind it. A registered agent isn't the owner.
  • An assessed value isn't passed off as a sale price.
  • Anything the county doesn't publish is called missing, not zero.

Going further

To find the people behind an LLC, ask your assistant to research the owner. It sends you a review link before it starts. How to find the owner of a commercial property held by an LLC walks through the method.