FAQ
Questions, answered.
Short answers about the data, the leads and coverage.
Questions
The data
What counts as a deceased-owner lead?
A property whose owner of record appears in death-data sources, or that carries one of the title problems we filter for. Delta finds every property in your county with deceased owners and title issues — not a shortlist someone else picked.
Where does the data come from, and how often does it update?
Individual owners in your county are matched against a commercial death-record feed. Ownership, tax, probate and foreclosure records are pulled directly from the county and re-checked every week, so you see each new deal as it appears.
How are leads ranked?
Every deal in your county is ranked by opportunity, using information pulled directly from county records and re-checked every week. The point is to keep you first to the best deals and put your time where the upside is.
Why do I get more deals than a tax-delinquent list gives me?
You get every deal, not just the ones on a tax-delinquent list. A Pew Charitable Trusts study (August 2021) found tax delinquency of 32% vs 9% in Philadelphia, tangled-title properties against residential properties citywide, so a delinquency list would miss most of them there. City study, not a national figure.
Deal types
Which title problems can I filter for?
Deceased owners, with title transferred without probate where your state allows; Medicaid liens; liens and judgments you can negotiate; encumbrances past their statute; and more.
What do TOD and survivorship mean, and why check the deed type first?
They are two ways a property can already sit with someone other than the deceased owner's probate estate: a transfer-on-death deed names a beneficiary who takes the property, and survivorship leaves it with the surviving joint owner. The deed type decides who actually holds title, so Next of Kin Skip Tracing reads it first — then it identifies the heirs under your state's intestate laws, so you market to the people who can sign.
What is a “curative” investor?
Someone who buys a property whose title carries a defect and cures that defect so it can be sold — a deceased owner, title that passed without probate, an old lien, an encumbrance past its statute. Delta is built by curative investors, for curative investors: we buy these properties ourselves, and Delta is how we find our own deals.
Marketing
What is Next of Kin Skip Tracing?
Next of Kin Skip Tracing™ checks the deed type first, then identifies the heirs under your state's intestate laws. It lets you bulk market to the people who hold title, with no manual research.
How does bulk marketing to heirs work?
Delta allows bulk marketing directly to the next of kin with no research on your side. Skip tracing identifies who the heirs are, and you market to the people who hold title in bulk — no manual lookup per property.
Who can I target?
Living owners, next of kin, surviving spouses — or all of them. You choose who hears each campaign.
How are campaigns built?
Build campaigns by deceased status and time since death, probate status, surviving spouse, foreclosure, lien type, signs of neglect and more.
Coverage and trust
Which counties do you cover, and how do I ask for mine?
Counties are set up one at a time — the footer of this page lists today's coverage and the counties in progress. Tell us where you buy when you request access, and we will take it from there.
Is Delta built by investors who use it?
Yes. Delta is built by curative investors, for curative investors — we buy these properties ourselves, and Delta is how we find our own deals. Now it can find yours.
How do I book a demo?
Request access and we will take it from there: we read every request and reply by email with current terms.
More answers
Where does the data come from?
Public county records (the Auditor, Treasurer, Probate Court, Recorder and, where available, the Clerk of Courts), death-record matching against a commercial feed, and published obituaries. We capture the source URL for every datum.
How often does it update?
Weekly. A lead shows Updated when monitoring found a change, and Last monitored with the date it was last updated by monitoring.
What does “heirs’ property” mean?
Real estate left by an owner who has died and held by their heirs without a formal transfer of title. The heirs hold shared interests in it.
What is a lead?
A property scored from public records and death-record matching, with the owner, tax, probate, foreclosure and deed indicators we found for it.
What does county coverage mean?
Coverage grows county by county, each from its own configuration. The pilot is Franklin County, OH: up to six public-record sources per county; five live in production (Clerk disabled).
Why does a lead show foreclosure as unknown?
The Clerk of Courts source is disabled in production, so foreclosure data can read “unknown” on some leads. We show unknown rather than a default “no”.
What does it cost?
Pricing is being finalized.
Skip tracing and marketing must follow applicable state and federal law. See the Terms of service.
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