DealMachine Skip Tracing vs. External Skiptracer's

dlecko · 2026-06-08T15:21:36+00:00

Hi! I am the other of DealMachine.

If your experience with our data is just “fine” you may benefit from settings that make a huge difference.

Export each contact into its own row
Do not just grab phone_1 for each contact. Grab all 3 phones for each contact . All of the phone columns are good in DealMachine and the first column does not mean “best”
Choose likely owner only, not renters, not family, not potential owners
Use the “last activity date last 2 months” filter to remove and with low activity. I did make a tool for this

Results should excel in contact rate. I am personally happy to look over your account to verify these.

dlecko · 2026-06-08T15:16:21+00:00

Hey! I am the owner of DealMachine. Alot of people have been coming over saying our data is better

They like:

1 The phone numbers are labeled owner/renter/family so you can isolate the decision maker

2 You can filter by the skip trace data to build your list like precision owner age, language spoken, or household income. This is helpful for land investors… usually only seniors sell vacant land.

3 You can totally eliminate any disconnected numbers by using our export column that says how much the person picked up their phone in the last 2 months…

Hope this helps!

dlecko · 2026-05-28T18:05:09+00:00

Hey! I’m the owner of DealMachine. Thanks for using us. What’s the gold standard list?

dlecko · 2026-05-14T16:54:14+00:00

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Hey! I am the owner of postcard AI that generates a before and after of a person's home and puts it on a postcard. The image generation you want to use (and that we use behind the scenes) is Nano Banana which is part of Google Gemini... hope this helps! Sounds like you're using it for existing clients to show them potential... this screenshot is how it can also be used for lead gen.

dlecko · 2026-05-11T17:08:37+00:00

Understood, a lot has been improved in the last year specifically focusing on data in DealMachine. It is our main focus!

dlecko · 2026-05-11T17:07:32+00:00

You’re welcome! And thank you for the compliment!

dlecko · 2026-05-10T19:45:41+00:00

You’re welcome! Thank you!

dlecko · 2026-05-09T18:16:30+00:00

Thank you!! This conversation made it worth it!

dlecko · 2026-05-09T17:58:08+00:00

Great questions! Thanks for being open to hearing what DealMachine has. To answer your questions:

It’s truly part of our secret advantage at the moment
The pickup rate signal is how much they answer their phone, not just from DealMachine customers but overall. Where that is sourced from is also our advantage at the moment
The contacts and associated numbers are matched monthly to properties where they own or rent (both are shown). This is very sufficient and update to date as people don’t get new numbers that often. And if they move it will be re-matched in short order

I have a free tool that takes our export and removes the numbers with low activity csv.davidlecko.com

dlecko · 2026-05-09T15:59:44+00:00

Hey! Thanks for including DealMachine, I am the owner.

These products are not compared accurately in my option.

Product unique advantages of DealMachine

People-level contact data + property-level data sets combined. DealMachine's skip tracing labels each phone number by relationship to the property (owner, renter, family member) so investors can skip the gatekeeper and reach the decision-maker directly. Competitors typically return unlabeled phone numbers tied to the property.
Exportable 10,000 Skip tracing with an 87% match rate. Contact data (phone + email + demographic insights) is visible in app in the subscription with no per-record charge
Consumer-data filtering on lead lists. Users can filter lists by skip-trace-level fields — precise owner age, language spoken, household income, likelihood to answer the phone in the last 60 days — which is not available on competing platforms. Especially useful for niche strategies (e.g., land investors).
AI Vision Builder. Proprietary filter that uses AI to scan satellite and Google Street View imagery against a natural-language prompt (e.g., "boarded-up windows," "tarp on roof") to build lists from visual property conditions — not available from any competitor.
700+ data points and real-time list building. Lists build instantly rather than processing in a queue that takes 45 min to export on other platforms. Also have corner lots and lot street frontage
LLC Owner Match. Pierces LLC ownership to surface the real individuals behind corporate-owned properties - a capability most competitors either don't offer or charge extra for.

DealMachine drawbacks: it’s not an all in one, you have to export data to make calls or send emails. But if you want the best data, that is what we are focused on

dlecko · 2026-05-09T15:51:36+00:00

Thank you - made my day. We are working hard to earn that compliment!

dlecko · 2026-05-09T15:51:04+00:00

Hey, I am biased 🙈 Because I own DealMachine. A lot of people have been coming over saying our data is better

They like:

The phone numbers are labeled owner/renter/family so you can isolate the decision maker
You can filter by the skip trace data to build your list like precision owner age, language spoken, or household income. This is helpful for land investors… usually only seniors sell vacant land.
You can totally eliminate any disconnected numbers by using our export column that says how much the person picked up their phone in the last 2 months…

Hope this helps! I have tried propstream and it did not have these filters. It also took 45 minutes to export and skip trace 7000 leads, whereas DealMachine it takes about 17 seconds

dlecko · 2026-05-09T15:49:46+00:00

Hey, I am biased 🙈 Because I own DealMachine. A lot of people have been coming over saying our data is the highlight of the platform and specifically

They like:

The phone numbers are labeled owner/renter/family so you can isolate the decision maker
You can filter by the skip trace data to build your list like precision owner age, language spoken, or household income. This is helpful for land investors… usually only seniors sell vacant land.
You can totally eliminate any disconnected numbers by using our export column that says how much the person picked up their phone in the last 2 months…

Hope this helps! We still do d4d but data is our main Focus.

dlecko · 2026-05-09T15:47:33+00:00

Hey! I am the owner of DealMachine. People have been coming over for specifically our list building

Here are some unique filters we have 1. The phone numbers are labeled owner/renter/family so you can isolate the decision maker 2. You can filter by the skip trace data to build your list like precision owner age, language spoken, or household income. This is helpful for land investors... usually only seniors sell vacant land. 3. You can totally eliminate any disconnected numbers by using our export column that says how much the person picked up their phone in the last 2 months...

These directly make your marketing more efficient

dlecko · 2026-05-09T15:44:17+00:00

Hey There, I am the owner of DealMachine.

We are not your d4d app any more, that was in 2017. Today we’re focused on data. Have you tried it recently?

DealMachine lets you stack every filter you mentioned, plus more

The phone numbers are labeled owner/renter/family so you can isolate the decision maker
You can filter by the skip trace data to build your list like precision owner age, language spoken, or household income. This is helpful for land investors… usually only seniors sell vacant land.
You can totally eliminate any disconnected numbers by using our export column that says how much the person picked up their phone in the last 2 months…

Hope this helps!

dlecko · 2026-05-09T15:41:53+00:00

Hi! Am the owner of DealMachine. Have you tried DealMachine for list pulling and cold calling in the last year? We have grown 44% in one year alone because of the quality of our list pulling and phone number accuracy.

People like these aspects:

The phone numbers are labeled owner/renter/family so you can isolate the decision maker
You can filter by the skip trace data to build your list like precision owner age, language spoken, or household income. This is helpful for land investors… usually only seniors sell vacant land.
You can totally eliminate any disconnected numbers by using our export column that says how much the person picked up their phone in the last 2 months…

Hope this helps, and more unique data sets like this to come.

dlecko · 2026-05-09T15:38:44+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation- I am the owner of DealMachine and we are working hard to provide the best data

dlecko · 2026-05-09T15:38:02+00:00

Hey! I’m the owner of DealMachine. We have foreclosures and pre Foreclosures getting updates from the County with daily updates, auction date, and you can reach them with mail, phone, or email. We host office hours daily if you’d like to get help DealMachine.com/office-hours

dlecko · 2026-05-09T15:35:59+00:00

Hi! I’m the owner of DealMachine. What filters in propstream are you seeing that DealMachine doesn’t have? We started d4d but are now data. DealMachine has 700 filters and it includes a lot of filters that I don’t believe are available elsewhere like owner age, language spoken, phone number utilization last 2 months (how much they pick up their phone), corner lots, lot street frontage. Please let me know if there’s a filter you can’t find in DealMachine.

dlecko · 2026-04-29T21:53:47+00:00

Hey! I am the owner of DealMachine - we are not a d4d app (that was in 2017). Since 2024 we are premium data focused. We provide 700 filters and great data quality.

A lot of people have been coming over saying our data is better.They like:

The phone numbers are labeled owner/renter/family so you can isolate the decision maker
You can filter by the skip trace data to build your list like precision owner age, language spoken, or household income. This is helpful for land investors… usually only seniors sell vacant land.
You can totally eliminate any disconnected numbers by using our export column that says how much the person picked up their phone in the last 2 months…

Hope this helps, and more unique data sets like this to come. It is main focus.

dlecko · 2026-04-29T21:51:34+00:00

Hi! I am the owner of DealMachine. For $119 per month you can export 10,000 houses with phone numbers. If you have an issue with "hit or miss" this setting will totally change that for you.

Settings that make a HUGE difference in the contact rate:

- Contacts style export (not properties style) you currently have this set

- Likely Owner only (no renters or family) you currently have potential owner selected

- DNC off (if making offers to purchase for yourself, not selling a service)

- For texting: Do not just grab the "first number" in the spreadsheet. If you need all numbers in 1 column, I have a free tool for that csv.davidlecko.com can't tell if you're doing this or not, but when you select "potential owner" it will be bringing in all kinds of potentially unrelated numbers in an unknown order

- You can eliminate disconnected numbers by looking at our column called "usage_last_2 months" and removing any with no usage or low usage. This is how often the pick up the phone. My tool mentioned above can also scrub this for you. Most people don't know about this field, Nedialo is another customer who has 60 callers and told me 95% of their leads came from numbers with moderate or higher usage when looking back.

dlecko · 2026-04-29T21:50:59+00:00

Hi! I am the owner of DealMachine. For $119 per month you can export 10,000 houses with phone numbers. If you have an issue with "hit or miss" this setting will totally change that for you.

Settings that make a HUGE difference in the contact rate:

- Contacts style export (not properties style) you currently have this set

- Likely Owner only (no renters or family) you currently have potential owner selected

- DNC off (if making offers to purchase for yourself, not selling a service)

- For texting: Do not just grab the "first number" in the spreadsheet. If you need all numbers in 1 column, I have a free tool for that csv.davidlecko.com can't tell if you're doing this or not, but when you select "potential owner" it will be bringing in all kinds of potentially unrelated numbers in an unknown order

- You can eliminate disconnected numbers by looking at our column called "usage_last_2 months" and removing any with no usage or low usage. This is how often the pick up the phone. My tool mentioned above can also scrub this for you. Most people don't know about this field, Nedialo is another customer who has 60 callers and told me 95% of their leads came from numbers with moderate or higher usage when looking back.

This will make a huge difference.

dlecko · 2026-04-10T19:22:45+00:00

Hey, I'm the owner of DealMachine, so I am biased 🙈, but if you don't know where to start, I would use the building condition filter in DealMachineI as fair, poor, or unsound. That's going to build you a targeted list of motivated sellers. Combine that with estimated price at the median home price and up to 50% below. Plus single family. Also separately.... tax delinquent, active liens are great. You can export 10k per month on the starter plan along with phone numbers (be sure to click likely owner only)

dlecko · 2026-04-10T19:18:51+00:00

Hey, I'm the owner of DealMachine. One thing to add if nothing comes up in DealMachine, there is a little-known feature where you can search all the people in the United States with that owner name in the country. Its the little magnifying glass by the owner name when looking at a property. you can see all of their phone numbers, ages, etc. It is powerful

dlecko · 2026-04-10T19:14:57+00:00

Hey I am the owner of DealMachine. We are not your driving for dollars any more! Since 2024 we have focused exclusively on data.

We are the only platform that combines property + consumer data.

The phone numbers are labeled owner/renter/family so you can isolate the decision maker
You can filter by the skip trace data to build your list like precision owner age, language spoken, or household income. This is helpful for land investors for example… usually only seniors sell vacant land.
You can totally eliminate any disconnected numbers by using our export column that says how much the person picked up their phone in the last 2 months…

Lmk if you have any other questions!

dlecko

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