Find the owners.
Get the contact data.
Skip trace individual properties or targeted lists to access available phone numbers, emails, and mailing addresses for property owners.
What is skip tracing in real estate?
It’s the bridge between finding a property and reaching the person who owns it. Start with an opportunity, connect it to the owner, then access available contact data so you can start the conversation.
Find the property.
Start with an address, a driving-for-dollars lead, or a property from a targeted search.
Identify the owner.
Connect the property to available ownership and mailing information.
Make contact.
Access available phone numbers, email addresses, and other owner contact data for outreach.
One property or thousands.
Search a single address when one opportunity catches your eye, or build a targeted property list and enrich the owners at scale.
Find the owner. Make contact.
Search any property address to review available ownership, equity, mortgage, and property information. When you find an opportunity worth pursuing, access available owner contact data directly in Wholster.
Build the list. Enrich the owners.
Search across property records using ownership, equity, distress, and other criteria. Choose the properties you want to pursue, review your estimated skip tracing cost, and add available owner contact information to the list.
Get the information you need to make contact.
Skip tracing connects a property to the person behind it. Wholster surfaces available phone numbers, email addresses, mailing information, and contact details alongside the property data you’re already reviewing.
Available contact data varies by property and owner record.
Better outreach starts before the skip trace.
A perfect contact match is only useful if you’re reaching an owner worth contacting. Start with property, ownership, equity, occupancy, and other signals of potential motivation. Narrow the opportunities first, then retrieve available owner contact data when you’re ready to pursue them.
Look for properties that may no longer be occupied.
Vacancy can be one signal of a potential opportunity, but it becomes more useful when combined with equity, ownership history, absentee ownership, property characteristics, and other criteria. Use the signal to start the search, then refine the properties worth pursuing.
Explore vacant property leadsFind owners who live somewhere else.
A different owner mailing address can point to a rental, second home, inherited property, vacant home, or remotely managed investment. Add equity, ownership length, property characteristics, and other signals to decide which absentee owners are actually worth contacting.
Explore absentee owner leadsFind rental owners who may be ready for a change.
Rental ownership alone does not mean someone wants to sell. Combine landlord status with ownership length, equity, absentee ownership, property age, and other criteria to identify situations that may warrant a closer look.
Explore tired landlord leadsFind properties moving through a transition.
Probate, inheritance activity, and ownership changes can identify properties in transition. Combine those signals with equity, location, absentee ownership, and other criteria to determine which situations fit your strategy.
Explore probate and inherited property leadsFind owners with more flexibility in the property.
High equity does not necessarily mean an owner wants to sell. But combined with ownership length, occupancy, property characteristics, distress signals, or other criteria, it can help narrow the opportunities that make sense for your strategy.
Explore high-equity property leadsMultiple matches. Ranked by confidence.
Wholster evaluates available identity and contact records across multiple sources, resolves them through an identity graph, and confidence-ranks available phone numbers and other contact data to surface the strongest matches for each owner.
More than a single lookup.
Available identity and contact records can be evaluated across multiple sources instead of depending on one standalone database.
Resolve the records to the owner.
People, properties, addresses, phone numbers, emails, and related records are connected to help resolve the person behind the property.
Rank the available matches.
When multiple contact records are available, supporting signals help prioritize the numbers and other contact data with the strongest confidence for that owner.
Pulled when you need it. Wholster retrieves available contact data on demand instead of relying only on static database snapshots that can grow stale between refreshes.
One targeted list. One $74K flip.
This deal started with a targeted property search. The opportunity was identified, the owner was found and contacted, and the property ultimately became a completed acquisition and renovation.
The goal isn’t simply more contacts. It’s finding the properties worth contacting in the first place.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Homepage FAQ
What makes Wholster different from other real estate wholesaling software?
Wholster is real estate wholesaling software built around the entire deal flow, from finding opportunities and researching properties to reaching buyers and distributing deals.
Wholster brings property data, owner contact information, lead generation, cash buyer discovery, buyer outreach, deal distribution, and offer management together in one mobile-first platform.
It’s built for wholesalers and real estate investors who want more ways to find opportunities, reach the right people, and move deals without relying on a collection of disconnected tools.
Is Wholster a mobile app?
Yes. Wholster is a mobile-first app for wholesalers and real estate investors, available for both iPhone and Android devices.
Investors use Wholster to discover off-market opportunities, investigate properties, identify motivated sellers, market deals, manage buyer outreach, and receive real-time notifications directly from their phone. The app is designed around how modern investors actually work, whether they’re driving for dollars, researching properties in the field, or launching deal marketing campaigns on the go.
Wholster also includes hosted deal pages and marketing websites that can be shared and viewed across the web.
Can Wholster help me find off-market opportunities?
Yes. Wholster helps investors uncover opportunities through property research, motivated seller discovery, owner lookup, skip tracing, and bulk lead generation tools.
Search any property on demand or filter millions of records using ownership signals, equity, distress indicators, and other criteria to identify potential opportunities and build targeted outreach lists.
Whether you’re researching a single address in the field or building targeted outreach lists at scale, Wholster gives investors the tools to discover and act on opportunities faster.
Does Wholster include skip tracing?
Yes. Wholster includes skip tracing and owner lookup tools designed to help investors access accurate, up-to-date property owner contact information directly from the app.
When a lookup is performed, Wholster uses multiple data signals to append the highest-confidence available contact information, helping investors access fresh phone numbers, email addresses, and mailing addresses when they’re ready to make contact.
Whether you’re researching a single property in the field or building a targeted list of acquisition opportunities, Wholster connects property research with the owner data needed to take the next step.
Learn more about Wholster’s skip tracing tools and property research features on our skip tracing page.
Does Wholster help me find cash buyers for my deals?
Yes. Wholster analyzes real transaction activity to identify cash buyers already purchasing similar properties in your market.
Investors can see who’s active around a deal, understand what they’re buying, and access available contact information to reach potential buyers beyond their existing network.
Wholster also connects buyer discovery with built-in distribution tools, making it easier to reach your existing buyers and expand deal visibility through email campaigns, push notifications, the Wholster Marketplace, Facebook groups, direct sharing, and other outreach channels.
Learn more about Wholster’s cash buyer discovery and disposition tools.
What can I do with Wholster from my phone?
Wholster is built to let investors manage key parts of their deal flow directly from their phone.
Research properties, identify owners, access skip-traced contact data, uncover motivated sellers, find active cash buyers, market deals, notify buyers, manage offers, and communicate with investors from the app.
Whether you’re researching a property in the field, following up on a new opportunity, or distributing a deal to buyers, Wholster helps you keep deals moving from wherever you are.
Is Wholster free to use?
Yes. Wholster has a free version that allows investors to browse opportunities, create listings, follow sellers, receive notifications, and participate in the marketplace.
Wholster Pro adds advanced tools for motivated seller discovery, property research, skip tracing, cash buyer discovery, email campaigns, expanded deal distribution, and unlimited listings.
Wholster Pro is coming soon. Join the Priority List for launch updates and access to exclusive early pricing.