If you cold-outreach property owners for wholesaling, refinance pitches, or off-market deal sourcing, the bottleneck isn't usually the list. It's getting current phones and emails for the people on that list. That's what skip tracing solves, and what SkipTraceDepot is built to do at a price that scales.
What you get
You upload a CSV with property addresses and owner names. Within minutes you receive a new CSV with current contact information appended per row:
- Primary phone number with line type (mobile, landline)
- Up to 5 additional mobile numbers
- Up to 3 additional landline numbers
- Up to 5 email addresses
- Verified current mailing address (separate from property address)
- Status flag per row (matched or not found)
Our Universal File Engine inspects the file, preserves your original rows and columns, and prepares traceable homeowner rows for processing. Confident business-entity rows remain in the completed file but are not traced or charged as homeowner hits.
Current skip tracing pricing
Choose flexible PAYG pricing or a monthly credit plan. With PAYG, the rate is selected from the submitted file size and you are charged only for hits. The minimum PAYG job charge is $1.00.
| Volume tier | PAYG rate per hit |
|---|---|
| 1 to 500 records | $0.12 |
| 501 to 2,000 records | $0.10 |
| 2,001 to 5,000 records | $0.09 |
| 5,001 to 10,000 records | $0.06 |
| 10,001 to 25,000 records | $0.05 |
| 25,001 plus records | $0.035 |
For normal homeowner tracing, monthly credits can reduce the effective rate to as low as $0.03 per hit. Plans are optional and use the same credit balance across eligible Skip Trace Depot services. See the current plans and exact service rates.
Business entities that are confidently identified are preserved and excluded from homeowner tracing without a homeowner-hit charge.
For files where you have only the property address and need us to reverse it to owner identity plus contact, the Advanced trace tier runs $0.18 to $0.25 per row depending on volume.
Real customer match rates
Match rate depends heavily on input file quality. Recent examples from our customer book:
- 26,951 row out-of-state owner file: 93.6 percent match
- 15,130 row Florida cash-out refi file: 85.1 percent match
- 1,415 row Virginia persons file: 74.4 percent match
- 111 row organization file with Trust/Estate markers: 56.8 percent match
Well-prepared mortgage and county-derived lists often perform better than stale, incomplete or entity-heavy inputs. Files with significant Estate, Trust or Trustee markers can produce fewer homeowner matches because the named record may not identify a currently traceable individual.
Why teams use Skip Trace Depot
Pay per hit. A hit means at least one phone or email was returned. Rows with neither are not charged, so the bill reflects delivered contact results rather than every submitted row.
Per-customer dedup across orders. Previously completed records can be recognized and restored into the completed file without being processed or charged again.
DNC workflow in the same system. You can run a separate DNC scrub after tracing when your calling workflow requires it. The completed output clearly separates contact results from DNC status.
PAYG or monthly credits. Start with a one-time job or use a monthly plan when recurring volume makes the lower effective rate more valuable.
Built for repeat workflows. Mortgage and real estate teams can process recurring books and county-derived lists while keeping original columns, output structure and billing evidence tied to each job.
When skip tracing is the right tool
You have a list of property addresses with owner names. You need to call or email those owners. Your current phone and email data is stale or missing.
Common use cases:
- Real estate wholesalers cold calling absentee owners
- Mortgage brokers building refi outreach campaigns on past closed books or aggregated lists
- Real estate investors sourcing off-market deals
- Judgment recovery and debt collection (use Property Lookup for single-target enrichment instead)
- Loan officers replacing trigger lead workflows post-HBPPA
Choose the workflow that fits the list you have
Already have owner names and property addresses? Use normal homeowner skip tracing to append available phones and emails.
Starting from a territory and property criteria? Use Lead Builder to choose filters, see exact availability and order the number of records you want.
Preparing a calling campaign? Add the separate DNC scrub workflow after contact results are ready.
Related products on SkipTraceDepot
- DNC Scrub for Cold Callers. Check phone numbers against the federal Do-Not-Call registry at $0.04 per phone
- Email Verification. Validate deliverability at $0.02 per email
- Single Property Lookup. Comprehensive single-address enrichment at $10 flat
- Lead Lists / Lead Builder. Pre-built county lead lists with absentee, high-equity, vacant filters
- Premium County Lists. Filterable county-level inventory
How to get started
1. Upload your CSV or Excel file with property addresses and owner names.
2. Confirm the detected columns and the number of traceable rows.
3. Choose PAYG or use your available credit balance.
4. Download the completed file after the engine finishes processing and quality checks.
For files under 500 records, expect completion within minutes. For files 5,000 plus, allow 5 to 15 minutes for full processing.
If you have questions before running a file, email [email protected] or use the in-app chat. We respond same-day to setup questions.
Pricing FAQ
What is the minimum charge? The minimum PAYG job charge is $1.00. A credit balance can be used instead when the applicable service and available balance cover the job.
Do I need a monthly plan? No. PAYG remains available. Starter, Basic and Pro monthly plans provide recurring credits; larger one-time packs remain available for customers who prefer to pre-load balance.
Are there volume commitments? No. Process 50 records this month, 50,000 next month. The volume tier discount applies per file based on row count in that file.
Can I start small? Yes. Upload a small file and review the exact payable amount before submitting the job. For one property, Property Lookup provides a separate $10 single-address report.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does skip tracing usually cost?
New PAYG customers pay $0.12 per hit for files of 1 to 500 rows, with volume tiers dropping to $0.035 at 25,001 or more rows. Monthly credits can reduce the effective normal-trace rate to $0.03 per hit. A hit means at least one phone or email is returned; rows with neither are not charged. The minimum PAYG job charge is $1.00.
Is skip tracing legal in the US?
Skip tracing is commonly used for lawful real estate and business workflows. How contact data may be used depends on the purpose, location and outreach channel. Customers are responsible for following applicable privacy, telemarketing, consumer-protection and do-not-call requirements.
Is there a free skip tracing service?
Public records can help confirm property ownership, but they usually do not provide a complete current phone-and-email workflow. Skip Trace Depot is designed for business lists: upload the rows, review the mapping, and pay only for hits that return at least one phone or email.
Can I do skip tracing myself?
You can research a small number of properties manually through public records and open web sources. For repeat outreach or larger files, Skip Trace Depot turns the same task into an upload, column check, processing and download workflow while preserving your original rows.
How long does a skip trace take?
Bulk skip tracing on SkipTraceDepot typically completes in 5 to 15 minutes for files of 5,000 plus records, often under a minute for files under 500 records. The actual data lookup runs in seconds per record. Most of the elapsed time is file processing and column mapping. For single-address enrichment, our Property Lookup product returns results in 2 to 5 seconds.