What are Lead Lists?
Lead Lists are homes where the owner has passed away and the heirs own it now, and homes the government inspected for damage after a disaster. Heirs often sell, especially soon after they inherit. Lead Lists are part of the Investor plan.
Each lead says where it comes from:
- Estate in foreclosure: a lender is foreclosing on the late owner's estate. The heirs still own it.
- Heirs just filed: the heirs handed in their inheritance paperwork, not recorded yet.
- Inherited: the inheritance is recorded and the heirs still own it.
- Damaged home: the government inspected it for damage after a hurricane, the 2020 earthquakes or a flood. It has not sold since.
- Owner deceased (Likely): as of 2022, the tax roll listed the late owner's estate as the owner.
The list is ranked by how likely each home is to sell, based on what actually sold in past years.
Why heirs sell
An inherited home often has several owners, some living far away, with taxes, repairs and a sale that need them to agree. Many families decide to sell, and an investor who buys the house as it is can make that easy.
The tabs and the filters
All shows the whole list, and a tab per kind of lead narrows it to Estate in foreclosure, Heirs just filed, Inherited, Damaged home or Owner deceased.
Filter by Municipality, by a signal you pick under Only with, by Your rating, or with Houses only. The list shows homes with a real street photo, and Also show aerial only brings back the ones that only have a picture from above.
What a lead shows
Its rank, where 100 is the likeliest to sell, its address, its tax value and its photo. Signals tell you more, like how long ago the owner died or the home was inherited, how many owners it has, whether the heirs live elsewhere, and a mortgage, a lawsuit or a lien on record.
Open a lead to see the late owners and when they died, the inheritance paperwork and its court case, and the owners now with the town where they live. A sale needs all of them. A damaged home shows its inspection.
How the list is ranked
The rank is learned from the homes that actually sold in past years, so the leads that look most like them come first. Your own marks change your list too. Rough moves a lead to the top, and Fine takes it off.
Public records can be incomplete or late, and Street View pictures can be several years old. Verify before you act.
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