How Do Real Estate Investors Find Distressed Sellers?

The Playbook

How to find distressed sellers.

There are proven ways to reach homeowners in distress — public records, driving for dollars, direct mail, cold calling and data lists. Or skip the legwork and we deliver them, exclusive and pre-verified.

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Where to look

Where distressed sellers come from

The owners worth finding are flagged in records and patterns most investors never check — here’s where they hide.

Pre-foreclosure filingsOwners formally behind on their mortgage.
Tax-delinquent rollsOwners at risk before a tax sale.
Probate court recordsHeirs handling an inherited property.
Code violation listsOwners facing fines on a problem home.
Absentee & vacantOut-of-area owners and empty houses.
Tired landlordsHigh-equity owners done with tenants.
Three ways to get them

Do it yourself, or have it done

Do it yourself

Pull records, build lists and work the phones. Free, but slow and skill-heavy.

Hire callers

Stand up a calling team. Faster — but you manage hiring, scripts and quality.

Let us deliver

We do all of it and hand you exclusive, pre-verified leads. Fastest path to deals.

Elieth Quiroz, founder of Dialing For Deals

“I built Dialing For Deals so serious investors get leads that are actually theirs — pre-verified, exclusive, and ready to close. No shared lists. No noise. Just real motivated sellers.”

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