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title: "Check If a Property Needs TLC — Valuation API"
description: "Return a confidence-scored flag showing whether a property is likely a fixer-upper needing material renovation to reach full market potential. 1 credit."
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# Does this property need TLC (fixer-upper indicator)?

`GET /api/properties/tlc/`

1 credit

## What it returns

A boolean / confidence-scored flag indicating whether the property is likely a **fixer-upper** — i.e. needs material renovation to reach market potential. Built from the AI property-condition signal, photo-based wear indicators, listing-language NLP (detects 'cash offers only', 'as-is', 'investor special'), and pricing relative to comps.

## When to use it

- Filter MLS results to fixer-upper candidates for flip investors.
- Pre-flag listings for wholesale outreach.

## Pricing

1 credit.

## FAQ

### What does TLC stand for?
'Tender Loving Care' — real estate slang for a property needing meaningful work. Same as fixer-upper.

### Why might a clearly-rough property return `false`?
When the listing is priced at market rate (suggesting the seller is asking move-in-ready prices), the signal is weak even if condition is poor.