How does Keystone find probate leads?

Keystone pulls probate filings directly from the county probate court the day the petition is filed. Each lead includes the decedent name, the property address (validated through the tax assessor), the petitioner, and the full court docket. No upstream broker, no licensed bulk dataset, no weekly refresh cycle.

What's the difference between probate leads and pre-probate leads?

Probate leads are filings that have entered the probate court process — the decedent's estate is being administered. Pre-probate leads are recently-deceased homeowners whose estate has not yet been filed with the court. Pre-probate is earlier in the timeline and lower competition. Keystone delivers both where the data is available.

Why one subscriber per county?

Probate leads lose conversion value as more investors work them. By the time a probate-lead service has sold the same filing to 30 subscribers, every executor and heir has heard from 29 other investors. Selling each county to one subscriber means the person paying for it is the only one reaching those families. Some competitor services cap at 3 investors per county; Keystone caps at one.

Which states does Keystone cover for probate?

Indiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Probate coverage varies by county based on which case calendars the local court system publishes (e.g., NC's Estates (E) calendar; CT's separate Probate Court network). The county pages list per-county coverage with current availability.

How fresh is the probate data?

Probate filings hit the Keystone dashboard the same day the clerk files them. Aggregator services that license probate data from upstream brokers typically refresh on a weekly or monthly cycle, so the same filing reaches their subscribers 7 to 30 days later. The early window matters most for probate because the executor's decision on whether to sell the property happens early in the process.

What information comes with each probate lead?

Decedent name, property address (validated against the tax assessor), petitioner/executor name, court case number, filing date, current case stage, and (where available) phone, email, mailing address, estimated property value, and equity estimate. The full court docket is linked so you can verify the case status yourself.

How much do probate leads cost?

County subscriptions run $99 to $349 per month depending on market size and filing volume. There's no per-lead surcharge — once you subscribe to a county, every qualifying probate filing in that county is yours for the subscription period. 7-day free trial requires no credit card.

Probate Real Estate Leads

Probate leads, pulled from the county probate court the day they're filed

Every probate filing reaches Keystone the same day the clerk stamps it. Each county is sold to one subscriber. Decedent name, property address, owner contact data, full court timeline, all in your dashboard inside 24 hours of the courthouse filing.

Why filing-day matters for probate

The probate timeline runs months to years. The decision that matters most to an investor — whether the executor will sell the property — typically gets made in the first 30 to 60 days after the case is opened. Reach the family in that window with a clean offer, and you're one of two or three calls. Reach them six weeks later, and you're calling a family that's already been pitched by every other investor who buys probate lists.

Aggregator probate services that license bulk court data refresh weekly or monthly. By the time the lead reaches their subscribers, the productive window for an early conversation has already closed for many cases. Court-direct sourcing closes that gap.

Probate vs pre-probate

Pre-probate leads are recently-deceased homeowners whose estate hasn't yet been filed with the court. The data comes from county death-record signals matched against current property ownership. The window is even earlier than probate — often before the family has decided whether to file for probate or sell directly — and competition is materially lower because most aggregator services don't track pre-probate at all. Keystone delivers pre-probate alongside probate in counties where the data is available.

What you get per lead

Decedent name + case number
Property address (tax-assessor-validated)
Petitioner / executor / personal representative 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

States we cover for probate

Indiana — 57 counties built
Probate + pre-probate North Carolina — 100 counties via eCourts
Estates (E) calendar coverage Pennsylvania — 23 counties built
Currently fully reserved (waitlist) Connecticut — 8 counties
Separate Probate Court network New Jersey — 7 counties
Probate + estate filings

Try probate leads for your county, free

7-day free trial. No credit card. You see the same probate flow your subscriber would get, for a week. If it fits your market, continue. If not, walk away.

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