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Investor and Wholesaler Lead Generation for Real Estate Wholesalers in Metro Detroit

You know there are tired landlords and inherited houses in Metro Detroit, and you cannot find their owners before someone else does.

Motivated seller leads for real estate wholesalers from lists, mail, calls, texts and ads, with follow up that runs until the seller is ready.

300

Real estate wholesalers in metro detroit

Listings a client can find here

4,778

Residents for each one

Census population over the real estate wholesalers here

1,926,157

Homes here

Census housing units

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Metro Detroit

Investor and wholesaler lead generation for a real estate wholesaler in Metro Detroit

It is a Saturday in Metro Detroit and you are driving the neighborhoods, writing down addresses of empty houses with tall grass and boarded windows. You have a notebook full of them, a skip trace list you never finished and a mail campaign that went out once and stopped.

With a lead system for investors, the houses you spot get logged, skip traced and added to a steady mix of calls, texts and mail. Probate, tax and vacancy lists come in clean, ads catch sellers searching online and every lead goes into a follow up path that runs for months.

Your calendar fills with conversations with sellers who need help, not just a list of names. You know which lists and channels bring deals, and you spend Saturdays looking at houses that are actually for sale.

Distressed house for sale

Signs you need investor and wholesaler lead generation

Tap the ones that sound like your week.

The Metro Detroit real estate wholesaler market

916 licensed real estate wholesalers work Metro Detroit. The ones who stand out run a real business behind the license.

Metro Detroit at a glance

Residents
4,376,828
U.S. Census population
Homes
1,926,157
U.S. Census housing units
Typical home built
1968
U.S. Census median year
Median home value
$249,700
U.S. Census owner-occupied homes

The most reviewed real estate wholesalers in Metro Detroit

The names a client compares you with, by Google review count.

  1. 1 EJ - Detroit Branch 2 Google reviews
  2. 2 Modern Brick & Stone 1 Google reviews
  3. 3 Budget Site Materials 1 Google reviews

What each booked deal really costs

Your ad spend and lead count tell the real story. Change the example numbers to yours.

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Cost per booked deal

$250

Spend divided by the leads you book (leads times your booking share).

Fix this in Metro Detroit

What investor and wholesaler lead generation fixes for real estate wholesalers in Metro Detroit

  • Losing sellers to the investor who called second, third and fourth.
  • Paying for lists that are full of bad numbers.
  • Spending money on mail with no idea what it returns.
  • Missing calling rules and risking fines.

What the investor and wholesaler lead generation work includes

  • Driving for dollars app and process to log properties
  • Skip tracing and list cleaning against do-not-call registries
  • Probate, tax, vacancy and absentee owner lists for your target areas
  • Direct mail, cold calling and texting campaigns within the rules
  • Google and Facebook ads for sellers searching online
  • Lead follow up plan and a monthly cost-per-deal report

How investor and wholesaler lead generation runs, step by step

  1. 1

    Pick the areas

    We choose neighborhoods, property types and seller situations that fit your buying.

  2. 2

    Build the lists

    We pull, clean and skip trace lists, and set up driving for dollars logging.

  3. 3

    Run the channels

    Mail, calls, texts and ads run on a steady schedule within calling rules.

  4. 4

    Track to the deal

    We follow every lead to a contract and report cost per deal by channel.

What we report every month: Leads by channel and list, Seller conversations held, Offers made and contracts signed, and Cost per deal by channel.

Investor and wholesaler lead generation explained for real estate wholesalers in Metro Detroit

Where motivated seller leads come from

Motivated sellers include tired landlords, inherited homes, vacant houses, owners behind on taxes and people who need to move fast. Lists, driving for dollars, mail, calls, texts and online ads each reach them differently. A steady mix keeps your pipeline full.

Driving for dollars that pays off

Driving for dollars works when the addresses you find get followed up. We set up an app to log properties, skip trace owners and add them to mail, calls and texts on a schedule. A notebook full of addresses is just a notebook.

What drives the cost of investor lead generation

Cost depends on your areas, how many channels you run, list and skip tracing fees, mail volume, calling hours and ad spend. Data, postage and ad spend are separate. We quote a fixed monthly fee after a short call.

Cold calling and texting rules

Cold calling and texting must follow the national and state do-not-call registries, consent rules for texts and calling hour limits. We scrub lists, follow the rules and work with licensed compliance partners. Breaking these rules can bring heavy fines, so we do not cut corners.

Treating sellers with respect

Many motivated sellers are going through something hard, like a death, a divorce or money trouble. Clear, honest offers and patience build a reputation that brings referrals. We write scripts that respect the seller and the neighborhood.

Investor and wholesaler lead generation options compared

Doing it all yourself

Cheap at first, but list work, calling and follow up eat your week and leads slip.

Buying leads from a vendor

Quick, but leads are often shared with other investors and the quality varies.

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Lists, mail, calls, texts and ads run on a steady schedule, within the rules, with every lead tracked to the deal.

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Tevin Jackson, founder of Rebuild Detroit

Who you are dealing with

Tevin Jackson, founder of Rebuild Detroit

Before Rebuild Detroit, Tevin Jackson helped scale more than 100 home service brands with marketing, sales and operations. Business Services is that playbook, run for Metro Detroit real estate wholesalers with the local numbers on this page, by the team behind the Rebuild Detroit directory.

  • Detroit real estate investor
  • Author of Against All Odds and The Spark
  • Helped scale 100+ home service brands

Investor and wholesaler lead generation questions from Metro Detroit real estate wholesalers

7 questions

How many real estate wholesalers are in Metro Detroit?
300 in the Rebuild Detroit business index: 107 with a website, 3 with Google reviews (4 reviews in all).
What is the average Google rating of Metro Detroit real estate wholesalers?
5.0 stars, averaged over the 3 with reviews. Half of them have 1 reviews or fewer.
How much do motivated seller leads cost?
It depends on your areas, channels, list and skip tracing fees, mail volume, calling hours and ad spend. Data, postage and ad spend are separate. We quote a fixed monthly fee after a short call.
Do you follow do-not-call and texting rules?
Yes. We scrub lists against do-not-call registries, follow consent and calling hour rules and work with licensed compliance partners.
Are the leads exclusive?
Yes. Leads from campaigns we run for you go only to you. They are not shared or sold to other investors.
Can you call sellers for me?
Yes. Our callers can qualify sellers and book appointments, or we can set up the lists and scripts for your own team.
Do you buy houses?
No. We generate and manage leads for investors and wholesalers. Offers, contracts and closings stay with you.