Patent Pending Motivation Scoring™ Technology

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Stop burning calls on cold lists. DistressIQ is powered by Distress Intelligence™ - our proprietary engine that pre-ranks every motivated seller by urgency using up to 20+ verified distress signals - so your first call of the morning is your best shot at a deal. Every score updates daily.

3,200+ Counties Nationwide
20+ Signal Types
Updated Daily
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Distress Intelligence™
DistressIQ's proprietary signal detection engine
PATENT PENDING

20+ distress signal types.
Competitors track 3–4.

Distress Intelligence™ monitors county records across every US county daily, surfacing every verified distress signal: tax liens, lis pendens, code violations, probate filings, and more. 3,200+ counties. 20+ signal types. Every lead has at least one verified signal. Not assumptions. Not stale aggregator data.

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Probate
The highest-converting signal. Estate properties where heirs want to liquidate fast
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Lis Pendens
Pre-foreclosure filings indicate imminent action
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Tax Delinquent
Overdue property taxes often indicate an owner open to selling
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Code Violations
Unresolved code issues signal a property in transition
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Bankruptcy
Owners navigating financial restructuring often welcome a clean sale
💔
Divorce / Family Court
Life transitions where a fast property sale helps both parties move forward
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Vacant Property
Empty properties cost money every month
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Utility Shutoff
Service terminations indicate the owner may need a quick resolution
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HOA / Municipal Lien
Accumulating liens where a sale offers the owner a fresh start
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Eviction Filing
Landlord looking to exit a challenging rental situation
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Death (No Probate)
Inherited properties with no estate plan
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PropStream gives you 160 million properties. We give you only the ones worth calling.
PropStream has 160 million properties - most not distressed, and their data runs 6–12 months behind. You spend hours filtering a stale list that every other wholesaler already worked. DistressIQ only shows you properties with verified distress signals, sourced directly from county records, updated daily.
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Motivation Scoring™
DistressIQ's proprietary urgency ranking engine
PATENT PENDING

Urgency changes daily.
So do our scores.

A 3-year tax lien scores higher than a 3-month one - because the owner is more likely ready to move. A utility shutoff from yesterday is urgent. From 6 months ago? Not so much.

Motivation Scoring™ tracks this difference automatically. It recalculates every property's urgency daily, reflecting each signal's current status - not where it was when it was first filed.

Competitors give you a flat list. Everyone at the top scored the same. Motivation Scoring™ gives you a ranked list that evolves - so the hottest leads stay at the top, and stale signals fall off automatically.

Scores update daily - always current
Older signals score higher on signals that escalate
Resolved signals (taxes paid, lien released) auto-update via Motivation Scoring™
No manual cleanup. No stale leads.
Score Evolution Example
Tax Lien - Filed 3 months ago
Early stage - owner may still pay
42
↓ 18 months later
Tax Lien - Now 21 months unpaid
Owner highly motivated - likely needs a fast, hassle-free sale
78
DistressIQ tracks this progression automatically. Competitors don't.
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Signal Stacking™
DistressIQ's proprietary compound distress analysis engine
PATENT PENDING

One problem is a lead.
Three problems is a deal.

A property with tax liens AND foreclosure AND code violations isn't just three problems — it's exponentially more motivated. Signal Stacking™ calculates compound urgency across all indicators automatically. No other platform does this.

Code Violations
Lis Pendens
Tax Delinquent
Vacancy
Signals stack → Score compounds → Deals surface
8219 Bellaire Blvd
Harris County, TX · SFR 3bd/1ba · Est. $187K
97
SCORE
Tax Delinquent - 2.5 yrs+32 pts
Lis Pendens - Filed 6 wks ago+28 pts
Code Violations × 3+18 pts
Vacant - 14 months+14 pts
Stacking Bonus - 4 signals+5 pts
Owner contact availableUpdated 2 hours ago
1
Single signal
Tax delinquent. Maybe they'll pay it off. Low urgency.
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2
Second signal layers on
Lis pendens filed. Foreclosure is coming. Urgency rises.
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3
Third signal - compound urgency
Code violations + vacancy. This owner needs to sell. Call now.
Signal Stacking™ is the engine behind DistressIQ's compound distress scores.
It analyzes every signal on a property together - not one at a time. PropStream makes you run three separate filtered lists. Signal Stacking™ does it in one score, automatically.
3 stacked signals = a deal. Our scoring finds them automatically.
Stop running three separate lists. Signal Stacking™ turns multiple distress indicators into one actionable score - automatically. Plans start at $129/mo.
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Direct County Data

Their data is 6–12 months old.
Ours updates daily.

PropStream, DealMachine, and BatchLeads all buy data from ATTOM or CoreLogic - resellers who aggregate county records and resell them months later. By the time you see a lead, it's already been cold-called by every wholesaler in your market.

PropStream / DealMachine / BatchLeads
6–12 months stale
Sourced from ATTOM / CoreLogic. Processed, packaged, and resold - months after the county record was filed.
DistressIQ
Updated daily
Connected directly to county records. You see a new filing before your competition even knows it exists.
“Anything on PropStream is going to be 6–12 months behind and hammered by every wholesaler under the sun.”
- u/Trevor_Miedema, r/WholesaleRealestate
The Competition
County Records
Tax office, courts, code enforcement
↓ weeks of processing
ATTOM / CoreLogic
Aggregated, packaged, and resold
↓ months more delay
PropStream / DealMachine / BatchLeads
You see it - 6 to 12 months later
DistressIQ
County Records
Tax office, courts, code enforcement
↓ hours
DistressIQ - Scored & Ready
You see it before your competition

We source directly from county tax offices, district courts, probate courts, and code enforcement systems - across 3,200+ counties nationwide. Updated daily.

When a lis pendens is filed on a Thursday, we see it Thursday. Your competition using ATTOM-sourced data might not see it for 6–12 months - by which point the seller has already been called dozens of times and the deal is gone.

Fresher data means you reach motivated sellers before anyone else calls them. In a market where the early call wins, data freshness is the difference between a deal and a dead lead. Industry data shows fresh leads convert up to 6x better than stale lists — because you're reaching owners who are actively looking for solutions, not ones who resolved their situation months ago.

3,200+
Counties nationwide
Daily
Updates
0
Data resellers in our chain
Head-to-Head

How DistressIQ compares
to the alternatives.

Facts only. No spin. Here's what each platform actually delivers.

Feature
DistressIQDistressIQ
Patent Pending
PropStreamDealMachineBatchLeads
Distress signals trackedUp to 20+ verified types4 to 5 types3–4 types4 to 5 types
Motivation Scoring™✓ 0–100 score✗ Flat list✗ Flat listBasic only
Daily re-scoring✓ Updated daily✗ Static✗ Static✗ Static
Direct county data✓ 3,200+ counties nationwide✗ Reseller (ATTOM)✗ Reseller (ATTOM)✗ Reseller (ATTOM)
Data freshness✓ Daily, county-direct✗ 6–12 months stale✗ 6–12 months stale✗ 6–12 months stale
Fresh lead conversion✓ Up to 6x better✗ Stale lists✗ Stale lists✗ Stale lists
Signal Stacking™✓ Compound scoring✗ Single filter✗ Single filter✗ Single filter
Patent pending✓ Yes✗ No✗ No✗ No
Data based on publicly available platform information and verified investor community reports as of Q1 2026. Data freshness sourced from real estate investor reports (r/WholesaleRealestate). BatchLeads acquired by PropStream in 2025.
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