A notice of default is filed at the county, so every investor in the state gets the same list on the same day. What almost nobody does is pick up the phone early, while the owner still has options and still has their equity.
Everyone buys the list. Almost nobody calls it.
Pre-foreclosures by state — every county, with its count
Pre-foreclosures by city
A purchased lead is a race you paid to enter. A neighborhood you’ve worked is something you already own — you just have no way to talk to it.
Homeowners don’t want a agent. They want one in a particular week — and these are those weeks.
This is the only stretch where an owner has real choices — sell, reinstate, refinance — and it is also when the mail starts arriving by the handful. A call that leads with options rather than an offer is a different thing entirely from the eleven postcards on the counter.
Most investors mail once, get nothing, and move on. The owner is still in the same position two months later, with less time and fewer people talking to them. Calling the aged part of the list is usually less crowded than the new.
Once a sale date is published the clock is public and the owner is dealing with whoever got there first. Getting in front of that is the whole game, and it is a question of when the list gets worked, not whether you have it.
Real people on the phone, working from what you tell us about the job. Not a recording, and not a robot reading your website back to them.
Sample opening · Pre-Foreclosures
“Hi — is this the homeowner? I’m calling from a local real estate office, not a collections company. I know the lender filed a notice on the property, and I also know you probably have more options than it feels like right now. Would it be worth ten minutes with someone who can walk you through what they are?”
You give us the job address and what you want offered. We write the rest and brief the callers.
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