🏚️ Probate & foreclosure leads scraper

Distressed-property leads straight from the county record, not a resold list Pulls probate, foreclosure, sheriff sale, tax lien, and tax sale filings directly from official county and city government portals. Every lead ships with a case number, the owner or decedent's name when the source publishes one, the property address, and a transparent equity-based priority score.

🏛️ Real government records Every lead traces back to a county or city public records portal, never a scraped listing site or resold database.

📊 Transparent priority score Every row includes the exact formula behind its lead score, so you never trust a number you can't explain.

🎯 Five lead types, one run Probate, foreclosure, sheriff sale, tax lien, and tax sale leads, filtered by state, county, date, or equity in one input.

✅ No fabricated fields If a county doesn't publish an owner name or address, the field is left out, never filled with a placeholder.

Probate & foreclosure leads scraper pulls fresh distressed-property leads directly from official county and city public records. Every lead comes with a case number, the owner or decedent's name, the property address, and an estimated equity figure whenever the source publishes one. No guessing, no scraped listing sites, just the same public records real estate investors already trust.

🔍 What does this actor do?

Real estate investors and wholesalers spend hours digging through county recorder and clerk websites looking for motivated sellers: heirs settling an estate, owners behind on taxes, or homes headed to a sheriff sale. This actor automates that search across a small, carefully checked list of public record sources.

Pick which lead types you want (probate, foreclosure, sheriff sale, tax lien, tax sale), optionally narrow by state or county, and run it. Every result traces back to a real government record, never a scraped classified ad or a resold list.

Most lead lists on the market are black boxes. You don't know where the data came from or how "hot" a lead really is. This actor documents every source it pulls from, and every lead ships with a transparent priority score so you can see exactly why it's ranked the way it is, not just trust a number someone else calculated for you.

💡 Why use this actor?

• I am a real estate wholesaler building a daily call list of probate and foreclosure leads for my target counties, and I want the source to be a real public record, not a resold list everyone else already has.
• I am a fix and flip investor looking for tax sale and sheriff sale properties with real equity left in them, so I can prioritize which deals to chase first.
• I am a skip tracer or lead broker who needs a clean feed of decedent, executor, and defendant names tied to property addresses, ready to hand off for contact research.
• I am a title company or probate attorney's marketing team tracking new probate filings in my service area to reach out to executors before competitors do.

🚀 How to use this actor

STEP 1 Choose your lead types Pick probate, foreclosure, sheriff sale, tax lien, tax sale, or all five under Event types.

STEP 2 Narrow to your market Filter by state, county, date range, minimum equity, or owner-occupied status.

STEP 3 Run and work the leads Click Start, then switch between the Lead overview, High-equity leads, and By county views.

📥 Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
Event types	array of enums	No	Which lead types to pull: probate, foreclosure, sheriff sale, tax lien, tax sale. Leave all selected to pull every type this actor covers.
States	array of strings	No	Two-letter state codes to filter to, for example "LA" or "MD". Leave empty to include every state this actor has a verified source for.
Counties	array of strings	No	County or city names to filter to, case-insensitive, for example "Orleans" or "Howard". Leave empty to include every covered county.
Date from	string	No	Only include records filed or sold on or after this date. Leave empty for no lower bound.
Date to	string	No	Only include records filed or sold on or before this date. Leave empty for no upper bound.
Minimum estimated equity	integer	No	Only keep leads with at least this much estimated equity in US dollars. Leave at 0 to keep every record.
Only owner-occupied properties	boolean	No	Keep only records flagged as owner-occupied by the source. Most sources don't publish this flag, so this can sharply reduce results.
Max items	integer	No	Maximum number of leads to return across all sources combined. Use 0 for no limit.
Proxy configuration	object	No	Leave on the default setting. These are public government records with no login wall, so no proxy is needed for normal use.

📤 Output

Each dataset row is one distressed-property lead, with every field pulled straight from the original public record.

{
    "eventId": "data.nola.gov:d52w-8nva:2012-5883",
    "eventType": "sheriff_sale",
    "sourceUrl": "https://data.nola.gov/resource/d52w-8nva.json",
    "datasetName": "Sheriff Sales - Lien Foreclosures",
    "domain": "data.nola.gov",
    "county": "Orleans",
    "state": "LA",
    "caseNumber": "2012-5883",
    "defendantName": "GREGORY DELORIMIER",
    "plaintiffName": "CITY OF NEW ORLEANS",
    "propertyAddress": "5300 LAFAYE STREET",
    "propertyAddressNormalized": "5300 LAFAYE STREET",
    "status": "Pending",
    "leadPriorityScore": 22,
    "leadPriorityLabel": "Low priority lead",
    "scoreMethod": "leadPriorityScore = 60 * min(equityEstimateUsd, 300000) / 300000 + 40 * max(0, 1 - monthsSinceEvent / 24), clamped 0-100. Requires at least an equity estimate or a filing/sale date on the record."
}

Every field is only included when the government source actually published it. This actor never fills in placeholder text for missing information, so your dataset stays genuine and trustworthy. That also means fields like decedentName only appear on probate leads, and openingBidUsd only appears where a sale amount was recorded.

📊 Data table

Field	Type	Description
eventId	string	A unique identifier for the lead, built from the source and case number.
eventType	string	The lead category: probate, foreclosure, sheriff_sale, tax_lien, or tax_sale.
sourceUrl	string	Direct link back to the public record source.
datasetName	string	The name of the government dataset the lead came from.
domain	string	The government portal the lead was pulled from.
county	string	The county or city the property or case is in.
state	string	The two-letter state code.
filingDate	string	The date the case or record was filed, when published.
saleDate	string	The date of sale, when published.
caseNumber	string	The court or recorder case number.
decedentName	string	The deceased person's name, for probate leads.
executorName	string	The executor, heir, or claimant name, for probate leads.
defendantName	string	The defendant or property owner's name.
plaintiffName	string	The plaintiff's name, typically a lender or municipality.
propertyAddress	string	The property address exactly as published.
propertyAddressNormalized	string	The same address with common abbreviations expanded, for easier matching.
parcelApn	string	The parcel or assessor's parcel number, when published.
estimatedValueUsd	number	The assessed or fair market value, when published.
openingBidUsd	number	The opening or minimum bid amount, when published.
winningBidUsd	number	The winning sale amount, when published.
propertyEquityEstimateUsd	number	An estimated equity figure, derived only from fields the source actually provides.
status	string	The case or sale status, when published.
lat	number	Latitude, when the source provides coordinates.
lng	number	Longitude, when the source provides coordinates.
leadPriorityScore	number	A transparent 0-100 score weighing equity and how recent the event is.
leadPriorityLabel	string	A plain-English label for the score: low, medium, or high priority.
scoreMethod	string	The exact formula used to calculate the priority score, included on every row.
rawSourceFields	object	The full original record, in case you need a field this actor doesn't map by name.

💰 Pricing

This actor is pay per result. You only pay for leads actually returned, and a run that finds nothing costs nothing. There are no subscriptions or monthly minimums. Check the Pricing tab on this actor's page for the current rate.

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🧭 Tips for best results

• Leave Event types and States empty on your first run to see the full spread of what this actor currently covers, then narrow down once you know which counties matter to you.
• Check the High-equity leads view first. It's already sorted by the priority score, so the most actionable leads surface at the top.
• Not every lead has an equity estimate or an address. Public records vary a lot by county, and this actor never invents a number or address that wasn't actually published.
• This actor covers a small, honestly verified set of counties and portals rather than a padded list. Check the actor's page for the current list of covered sources before assuming full nationwide coverage.

❓ FAQ

How is the priority score calculated? It's built from the lead's estimated equity and how recently the event happened, with the exact formula included in every single row's own field. Nothing about it is hidden.

Where does this data actually come from? Directly from public government records published by county and city agencies themselves, the same records available to anyone who visits those portals in a browser. This actor just pulls and structures them for you.

Will every lead have an owner name and address? No, and that's expected. Some counties publish rich records with names and addresses, others only publish parcel numbers or assessed values. This actor only reports what the source actually published, never a placeholder.

Can this actor cover my specific county? Only if it's one of the sources currently listed on this actor's page. Coverage is intentionally a small, verified starting set rather than a broad claim this actor can't back up. Reach out if there's a specific county you need added.