Motivated Seller Leads

Owners With Stacked Distress Signals on Their Property

Property records filtered to high-equity owners who also show vacancy, pre-foreclosure, or other stress indicators. The wholesalers bread-and-butter cohort — narrow enough to be motivated, broad enough to scale weekly outreach.

$0.22
per row PAYG
90 cols
per record
2 min
preset to CSV
50
states
motivated_seller_GA_Fulton.csv
High-equity (50%+)364,541
+ vacant flag2,197
+ optional pre-foreclosure~180
+ optional tax-delinquent~110
Default Motivated-Seller cohort 2,197 records

What "motivated" actually means in this preset

Most "motivated seller list" vendors stack different signals. Here's exactly what our default Motivated Seller preset combines.

Signal Stack

High equity + USPS-flagged vacant.

Default preset: property records where the owner has 50%+ equity AND the property is USPS-flagged vacant. The combination matters — high-equity-alone is 364k records in Fulton County; high-equity + vacant drops to 2,200. Vacancy is the distress narrowing.

Optional add filters via custom preset: pre-foreclosure (NOD/lis pendens), tax-delinquent, inherited (estate transfer), long-tenure ownership (15+ years). Each adds narrowing — stack 3 signals and Fulton may return under 100 records, but every one is materially motivated.

What we don't have: direct seller-intent signals (no "seller said they want to sell" surveys), no MLS expired-listing scrape, no LinkedIn-style behavioral data. Those exist at higher tiers of specialized vendors. We work from county-recorded distress indicators, which is the universally-deployed wholesaler signal stack.

Per-signal restriction

Travis County TX baseline 472,086. Each filter narrows the cohort. Mix and match in the custom preset.

SIGNAL 1
High Equity
364,541 records (77% of county)

Estimated equity at or above 50% of property value. The broadest filter — gives flexibility to seller (can take cash offer at moderate discount and still walk with proceeds).

SIGNAL 2
Vacant Flag
3,048 records (0.6%)

USPS-flagged property vacancy. Direct distress indicator — owner is paying carrying costs on a non-income-producing asset. Combined with high equity = wholesaler sweet spot.

SIGNAL 3
Pre-Foreclosure
742 records (0.2%)

Notice of Default or lis pendens filed in past 180 days. Hardest distress — owner is on the clock. Best dialed with a clear cash-offer + close-date pitch.

Who buys this list

Motivated-seller lists are the wholesaler bread-and-butter, but they also serve flip-and-hold investors, agents looking for off-market listings, and direct-mail services.

Wholesalers

Cash-offer wholesale

The default user. Cash offer at moderate discount to ARV, takes property in 14-21 days. Stack pre-foreclosure on top for the hardest-converting subset.

Flippers

Acquisition for flip

Vacant + high-equity properties often need cosmetic work the owner can't or won't do. Direct-acquisition pitch lands at moderate discount.

Off-market agents

Listing acquisition

Owner doesn't want MLS showings on a vacant property they don't visit. Listing agent who handles remote sale converts at higher rates than cold neighborhood lists.

Direct-mail services

Postal campaigns

Mailing address differs from property in most absentee+vacant records. Direct mail to mailing address bypasses tenant-occupied or vacant-property delivery issues.

Every record includes

Same 90-column schema as our main Lead Lists product. Motivated-seller preset surfaces the distress columns first.

  • Property address + APN · USPS-normalized + county assessor APN
  • Owner identity · first + last name, co-owner if joint title
  • High Equity flag + Estimated Equity % · ratio of equity to estimated value
  • Vacant flag · USPS-derived vacancy indicator
  • Distress flag stack · pre-foreclosure, tax-delinquent, inherited, deceased-owner, judgment-lien (15 flags total)
  • Owner-occupied vs absentee · mailing-address vs property-address comparison
  • Mortgage status · balance, lender, payment, ARM, last refi date
  • Years owned + last sale date · long-tenure correlates with equity
  • Up to 6 phones (1 primary + 3 mobile + 2 landline) · phones DNC-checked (DNC flag per phone)
  • Up to 3 emails · included raw · email verification available as add-on ($0.01/email)
  • Sell + Refi propensity scores · our 0-100 models
  • Property details · type, year built, beds, baths, sqft, lot size

FAQ

Motivated-seller / wholesaler specific.

How does this compare to the dedicated Pre-Foreclosure or Inherited lists?

Different signal stacks. Motivated-Seller is high-equity + vacant (broader, more volume). Pre-Foreclosure is NOD/lis pendens court filings (narrower, more urgent). Inherited Property is estate-transfer indicators (specialized niche). Many wholesalers run all three and dedupe.

What's the phone match rate?

About 70-80% (at least one phone returned per record). Vacant-property owners often have established contact trails because they receive tax bills + utility correspondence at mailing addresses. RPC (right-party contact) on cold dial follows industry baseline ~25%.

Can I narrow further by state, county, ZIP?

Yes. Pick the preset, then drill into geography (state, county, or specific ZIPs). The wizard shows live row count before payment — if your slice is too narrow, expand to multi-county or stack different signals via the custom preset.

How does the DNC scrub work?

Every delivered record has a per-phone DNC flag (Yes/No) baked into the CSV columns. Customer's dialer or CRM filters to DNC=No phones before dialing. Our DNC list is refreshed against the National DNC drop monthly.

How fresh is the vacant flag?

USPS vacancy data refreshes monthly. False-positive rate is low (~3% per industry baseline) — common false positives are seasonal rentals + recent move-ins not yet processed in USPS systems.

What if I want only out-of-state owner cohort?

Pick custom preset and stack absentee_owner + vacant + high_equity. Out-of-state absentee owners with vacant property = highest motivation tier. See Absentee Owner List.

What's the minimum order?

$0.50 (about 3 rows at $0.22/row). No subscription required. CSV in minutes. Subscription tier launches soon with volume discount down to $0.10/row at scale.

Is email included? Are they verified?

Up to 3 emails per record are included from our data layer (no extra charge). Emails are returned raw — SMTP verification available as $0.01/email add-on if you want pre-download verification. Most customers run verification inside their CRM at send time, which is why we keep it as opt-in.

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