Skip Trace Property Owner — Phone, Email & Address Finder

What is Skip Trace Property Owner?

Skip Trace Property Owner takes US property addresses and returns one row per address with the owner's name, phone numbers, email addresses, mailing address, how long they have owned the property and known relatives, gathered from public property records and public people-search directories. Real estate investors, wholesalers, property managers and title researchers use it to reach owners of properties they want to buy, manage or research, without buying a skip-tracing subscription.

Why investors use it for owner outreach

• Address in, owner contacts out. One row per address with phones, emails and the owner's mailing address in separate fields, ready for a CRM.
• Pay only for useful rows. Addresses with no match come back marked not_found and are free.
• Clear match quality. lookup_status shows whether the owner and contacts were found in full or only partial.
• Traceable. Every row keeps the source_url of the record it came from.

How to use it

Look up a list of properties:

{
  "addresses": [
    "123 Main St, Dallas, TX 75201",
    "456 Oak Ave, Houston, TX 77002"
  ],
  "includePhone": true,
  "includeEmail": true,
  "maxResults": 100
}

Input	What it controls
addresses	Full US street addresses, one per entry, with city, state and ZIP. Required.
includePhone	Return phone numbers (default on)
includeEmail	Return email addresses (default on)
maxResults	Addresses to process from the list, up to 500 (default 100)
proxyConfiguration	Optional Apify Proxy settings

Still building your address list? Start with Zillow Search Scraper (linked below), then pass the addresses in here.

Where the data comes from

For each address, the Actor checks public people-search directories for the residents and owner of that address, and county appraisal district records where available, including Dallas, Tarrant, Harris, Travis and Bexar counties in Texas and Cook County in Illinois. It merges what it finds into one row and records the source page in source_url. Properties held by an LLC or trust can return the entity's name rather than a person's.

Output: owner data you receive

One dataset row is one address. This row has the same fields as a real result, but every value is fictional to protect the owner's privacy:

{
  "property_address": "123 Example St, Dallas, TX 75201",
  "owner_full_name": "Jordan Example",
  "owner_mailing_address": null,
  "phone_numbers": ["(214) 555-0101", "(214) 555-0102", "(972) 555-0103"],
  "email_addresses": [],
  "owner_since": null,
  "relatives": [],
  "lookup_status": "found",
  "source_url": "https://people-search.example/address/123-example-st_dallas-tx",
  "scraped_at": "2026-09-30T07:17:03.000Z"
}

lookup_status	Meaning	Billed
found	Owner and contact details located	Yes
partial	Some details located, such as a name without phones	Yes
not_found	No owner record matched the address	No

OUTPUT in the default key-value store also counts found, partial and not-found addresses for the whole run.

Example workflow: a direct-to-owner mailing and call list

A real estate investor pulls 200 absentee-owner addresses from a county list in Dallas. They run them through this Actor, keep rows where lookup_status is found, and check owner_mailing_address to confirm the owner lives elsewhere. They scrub the phone numbers against the National Do-Not-Call Registry, validate the emails with Email Address Validator, then load the list into their CRM for a compliant mail-and-call campaign.

Pricing

This Actor uses Pay per event. Apify platform usage is included in the event price, so you pay one event per address that returns a found or partial result, plus one start event per run. The live Pricing tab on this page shows the current price.

• 100 addresses, 70 found or partial = 70 result events + 1 start event.
• not_found addresses are free.
• maxResults caps each run, so it doubles as a cost ceiling.

Owner lookups with AI agents (MCP)

Connect this Actor to an AI agent through Apify MCP and ask in plain language:

Look up the owners of these 10 Dallas property addresses. Return owner name, phone numbers, email addresses and match status, and tell me how many were found.

Agent checklist:

1. Pass complete US addresses with city, state and ZIP in addresses.
2. Read rows with get-dataset-items; keep rows where lookup_status is found or partial.
3. Read OUTPUT for found, partial and not-found counts.
4. Use the results only for the permitted purposes below.

API example

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/khadinakbar~skip-trace-property-owner/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"addresses": ["123 Main St, Dallas, TX 75201"], "maxResults": 1}'

Related tools from the same developer

Your next step	Use	Why
When you then want to check which emails are deliverable	Email Address Validator	Syntax, mail server, disposable and role checks
When you still need property addresses to research	Zillow Search Scraper	Listings by ZIP, city or map area
When you want full property details for an address	Zillow Scraper	Price, Zestimate, price history and agent contacts
When you research commercial property	LoopNet Scraper	Commercial listings, prices and brokers

Best results

Starting situation	Helpful action	Expected outcome
Addresses from a county or MLS export	Include street, city, state and ZIP in each entry	More matches
Apartment units	Include the unit number, such as Apt 4B	The right resident record
Investor-owned properties	Expect entity names for LLCs and trusts	Look up the entity's registered agent separately
A large list	Run it in batches of up to 500	Predictable runs and costs

Builder's note

I found that investors need two things from each address, a person to contact and a way to reach them, so each row puts the owner name, phone numbers, emails and mailing address in separate fields. I learned that many addresses have no public owner record, so those rows are labeled not_found and are never billed.

FAQ

Which US states does it cover?

People-search lookups work for addresses across the US. County property records are added for Dallas, Tarrant, Harris, Travis and Bexar counties in Texas and Cook County in Illinois.

How accurate are the phone numbers?

They come from public directories and can be outdated. Treat them as leads to verify, and scrub them against Do-Not-Call lists before calling.

Can I use this for tenant screening or hiring?

No. This Actor is not a consumer reporting agency and its data is not a consumer report. Use an FCRA-compliant background-check service for tenant, employment, credit or insurance decisions.

What does partial mean?

Some details were found, such as the owner's name without phone numbers. Partial rows are billed because they contain useful data.

Permitted use and compliance

This Actor returns personal data about property owners from public records and public directories. Use it only for legitimate purposes such as contacting owners about buying, selling, managing or researching their property, or locating owners for title and due-diligence work.

• FCRA. This Actor is not a consumer reporting agency, and its results are not consumer reports under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. They may not be used to decide eligibility for credit, insurance, employment, housing or tenancy.
• Calls and texts. Follow the TCPA, the National Do-Not-Call Registry and state telemarketing rules before calling or texting any number.
• Email. Follow CAN-SPAM and applicable anti-spam laws.
• Privacy. Handle the data under the GDPR, CCPA and state privacy laws that apply to you, keep it no longer than you need, and honor opt-out requests.
• Safety. Using this data to stalk, harass or harm anyone is strictly prohibited.

Read Apify's guide on whether web scraping is legal for more context. This page is not legal advice. For questions or bugs, open a ticket in the Issues tab.