Pre-foreclosure leads, pulled from the courthouse the day the lis pendens is filed

Why filing-day matters for pre-foreclosure

A homeowner facing foreclosure gets contacted by investors and agents within days of the filing going public. The lis pendens is a public record, and every investor buying pre-foreclosure lists from an aggregator gets the same names on the same week. By the time a weekly-refresh list reaches its subscribers, the homeowner has already heard from dozens of callers.

Court-direct sourcing closes that gap. When you see the filing the day it happens, you reach the homeowner before the weekly lists go out. That early window is when the homeowner is most open to a conversation about their options and least saturated by competing calls.

Pre-foreclosure vs foreclosure

Pre-foreclosure (lis pendens) is the earliest stage of the process. The lender has filed the complaint, but the property hasn't gone to sheriff's sale or auction yet. This is the window where the homeowner still has equity, still has options, and is most likely to engage with an investor or agent who can help them avoid the sale. Once the property reaches auction, the homeowner's motivation shifts and competition intensifies. Pre-foreclosure data from Keystone is sourced at the lis pendens filing, not at the auction or sheriff's sale stage.

What you get per lead

• Defendant (homeowner) name + case number
• Property address (tax-assessor-validated)
• Plaintiff (lender/servicer) name
• Filing date + current case stage
• Estimated property value + equity estimate (where available)
• Phone, email, mailing address (where available via skip-trace)
• Direct link to the county court docket for verification

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