07.16.2025 PropStream
Disclaimer: PropStream does not offer investment or legal advice. This article is for educational purposes only. We recommend consulting a financial and/or legal professional before investing in real estate.
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The best real estate investors don't wait for deals to come to them. They create off-market opportunities with proven strategies.
Fortunately, you don’t need to learn these methods through trial and error. You can read about them right here on our blog.
Below, we’ve gathered the top five ways to find real estate deals with PropStream.
By implementing them, you can uncover more motivated sellers and off-market opportunities, analyze them faster, and build a consistent deal pipeline.
Method #1: Drive for Dollars (With PropStream’s Mobile App)
Driving for dollars means driving around neighborhoods to look for distressed or vacant homes. It’s a tried-and-true method for spotting potential deals you wouldn’t otherwise come across.
However, you can take driving for dollars to the next level with PropStream’s mobile app. It puts information on over 160 million properties nationwide into your hands, so you can quickly analyze homes you find on the go. For example, you can:
- Pin properties directly to custom lead lists in PropStream.
- Instantly pull ownership, equity, and mortgage information on most properties.
- Save, skip trace, or start marketing a property while in the field.
▶️Recommended Watch Driving for dollars - PropStream Mobile App
Pro Tip: Combine in-person driving data with automated follow-ups via skip tracing or direct mail directly within the PropStream app.
Method #2: Use PropStream Lead Lists
PropStream has pre-built motivated seller lead lists to help you quickly identify niche prospects.
For example, you can filter homes in your market for pre-foreclosure, tax delinquency, bankruptcy, and seventeen other traits that could lead to a motivated seller.
With access to Lead Automator, you can save the list, and it will automatically update (or you can adjust your settings so you are notified as new changes occur, rather than having lists changed without your approval) as new properties meet the list’s criteria and old ones cease to. That way, your lead lists stay up to date.
Pro Tip: Export leads to a predictive dialer like BatchDialer for instant outreach.
Method #3: Stack Property Filters for Precise Lead Generation
PropStream also lets you combine multiple filters to uncover higher-probability deals.
For instance, you could search for homes with (1) absentee owners, (2) high equity, and (3) long ownership durations. This narrows your list but also leaves you with leads who have the most potential motivation to sell.
PropStream has over 165 search filters you can mix and match, including equity percentage, ownership type, property vacant, estimated value, lien, and bankruptcy.
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Pro Tip: Save your filter combinations to track new qualifying properties automatically.
Method #4: Analyze Deals Before You Contact the Seller
Once you’ve found a promising property, determine its market value to see if it’s worth pursuing.
With PropStream, this is easy. It automatically calculates an estimated market value for every property listing in its database. However, you can also run your own comp study with PropStream by analyzing similar properties nearby that were recently sold.
From there, you can review the subject property’s ownership history, liens, mortgage details, and more. To estimate what the property’s rehab costs and potential profit would be, use PropStream’s built-in Rehab Calculator.
Pro Tip: The “Comps” and “Property Details” tabs in PropStream can help you avoid overpaying or pursuing deals that aren’t worthwhile.
Method #5: Launch Targeted Marketing Campaigns
After you’ve compiled a list of qualified leads, start contacting them.
First, use free skip tracing (on select plans) on PropStream to get started. This will give you their email addresses and phone numbers.
From there, you can start a direct mail postcard campaign with customizable templates or launch an email campaign directly within PropStream. Alternatively, you can run a cold calling campaign with BatchDialer’s predictive dialing system.
However you choose to contact homeowners, lead with empathy and position yourself as someone who can take their potentially unwanted property off their hands.
▶️ Watch How To Start a Marketing Campaign in PropStream
Pro Tip: Consistent outreach can boost conversions. Track your response rates and refine your message over time to maximize your success.
Stop Hunting for Deals the Hard Way—PropStream It!
Finding the best real estate deals doesn’t have to be hard, but it does take the right tools.
Use PropStream to find, analyze, and market to motivated sellers, all in one platform. It’s all the real estate data you need, coupled with outreach tools built specifically for investors.
