Tired landlord leads

Tired landlord leads: rental owners ready to sell

Tenants, repairs, vacancies and rising costs wear owners down, and many would sell to the first buyer who takes the hassle with the house. We call your list of rental owners and find out who wants out, and when.

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Who counts

What makes a landlord “tired”

A tired landlord list starts with rental owners: the property is not the owner’s home, so the tax bill goes to a different mailing address. The owners worth calling first usually show one or more of these:

Long ownership. Someone who bought fifteen years ago may have run out of patience, and often has the equity to sell.
An owner who lives far away, managing repairs and tenants by phone. Our absentee owner page covers these owners.
Trouble on the record: evictions, code violations or unpaid property taxes. See tax delinquent leads.
Vacancy or deferred repairs. An empty rental costs money every month it sits.
Several properties. Landlords who start selling one often sell more.

30 seconds each

Three moments from real seller calls

Short cuts from our recorded calls, with what was said. Names, phone numbers and addresses are left out.

REAL SELLER CALL · 30-SECOND CLIP

Vacant, paid off: found in four questions

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Four short questions: does he live there, how long has he owned it, why sell, is it paid off. No pitch.

Read what was said

Caller: It’s your primary? Do you live there?

Seller: No, no, no. This is just a vacant house.

Caller: And how long have you owned it, sir?

Seller: It’s been in the family for years.

Caller: What’s your reason for selling the property? I’m just curious about that.

Seller: Well, it was rented for several years, and they’ve moved out, and I’d rather have the money.

Caller: Oh, so it’s paid off right now? It’s paid off, correct?

Seller: Paid off, yes, yes, yes.

REAL SELLER CALL · 30-SECOND CLIP

Offered $70K, paid $150K: what’s his real number?

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The caller doesn’t argue about the offer he turned down. One question gets his bottom line.

Read what was said

Seller: It is a fixer-upper. I don’t think it’s a tear-down. I’ve had people tell me it’s a tear-down, but me personally, I think it could be fixed.

Seller: I was offered 70 grand for the property, and I can’t accept that offer. I paid $150,000. I overpaid. I definitely overpaid, but I still can’t accept that.

Caller: Do you have any asking price in mind, like a bottom line?

Seller: Yeah, bottom line, at least $100,000.

REAL SELLER CALL · 30-SECOND CLIP

“I wasn’t interested”, then “I’m ready to go”

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No pressure. A closing date that fits his timeline keeps the conversation going.

Read what was said

Caller: And you don’t have any asking price?

Seller: No, not really, because I wasn’t interested. I was interested, but… I got a few little things I need to do to the house, and then I would say within two or three months, I’m ready to go.

Caller: By the way, we have a flexible time on the closing. We can do the closing in four months or five months. Is this okay?

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On the call

What our callers find out

Is it rented right now, and on what terms: month to month, a lease, or empty.
How the tenant situation is going, in their words. Late rent and a difficult tenant are reasons; a good tenant changes the price.
The condition, and the repairs they have been putting off.
How long they have owned it, and whether it is paid off.
Other rentals they own, and whether they would sell those too.
What would make them sell, and the timeline.

Each landlord who wants an offer reaches you the same day with these notes, and the rest go on a follow-up schedule. A landlord who says “not now” in spring often means “after this lease ends”.

Tenant-occupied deals

Buying with the tenants in place

Many tired landlords assume they have to empty the house before they can sell. Telling them you can buy it with the tenants in place, if that is true for you, removes the biggest reason they have not called anyone yet.

Our callers say only what you tell us you can do: buy occupied or vacant, close on their timeline, take it as-is. Your buy box goes into the script on day one.

How it works

Your list, our callers

Bring your list of rental owners from your data provider, or the out-of-area owners from county property records. We skip trace every owner to a phone number, scrub it against the Do Not Call registry, and a dedicated caller works it. The calling rules are in is real estate cold calling legal?

The questions we ask on every seller call are in 20 questions to ask motivated sellers.

Common questions

About tired landlord leads

How do I find tired landlords?

Start with rental owners: properties whose tax bill goes to a different mailing address. Then narrow to long ownership, owners who live far away, and signs of trouble such as evictions, code violations, unpaid taxes or vacancy. Most investors pull these lists from a data provider or county records.

What do you say to a tired landlord on a cold call?

Ask about the property before the price: is it rented, how the tenants are, what needs work, how long they have owned it. Then ask what would make selling worth it. Our cold calling scripts include the openers and objections.

Can you buy a rental with tenants in it?

Investors often do, and the existing lease usually stays in force after the sale. Check the lease and your state’s landlord-tenant rules with your attorney before you offer.

Can you call my tired landlord list?

Yes. Send the list, we skip trace and scrub it, and a dedicated caller works it. Real estate investors get the first week of calling free.

Find the landlords who want out

Real estate investors: your first week of calling is free. If we don’t hand you at least 3 sellers who want an offer, you pay nothing.

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