# Motivated Seller Leads - FSBO Real Estate (US) (`swerve/motivated-seller-leads`) Actor Motivated seller leads for US real estate investors, wholesalers and agents. Scrapes for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) listings and scores each seller by motivation - price drops, days on market, short sales. Filter by state, city or ZIP. Owner name, address, price and property details per lead. - **URL**: https://apify.com/swerve/motivated-seller-leads.md - **Developed by:** [Swerve](https://apify.com/swerve) (community) - **Categories:** Real estate, Lead generation - **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $5.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## US Motivated Seller Leads (For-Sale-By-Owner) Find **motivated home sellers** across the US — for-sale-by-owner listings scored by how likely the seller is to need help (price cuts, long time on market, short sales, sellers open to working with an agent). Built for real-estate investors, wholesalers, agents and lenders who want *seller* leads, not another raw listings dump. Every other FSBO scraper just dumps listings. This one **scores each one for motivation** and lets you filter to only the sellers worth calling. ### What you get per lead Owner name, full property address, price, and the signals that matter: - **motivationScore** (0-100) and **motivationReasons** — why it scored that way - **isPriceReduced** — the owner already cut the price - **daysOnMarket** — how long it's been sitting (stale = motivated) - **shortSale**, **leaseToOwn**, **willWorkWithBuyersAgent** - beds, baths, sqft, lot size, year built, property type, photos, description ```json { "source": "forsalebyowner", "listingId": "6a474f30391aff56820592e6", "listingUrl": "https://www.forsalebyowner.com/listing/203-Paul-Knox-Street-Huntsville-TX-77320/6a474f...", "ownerName": "Mark Thompson", "streetAddress": "203 Paul Knox Street", "city": "Huntsville", "county": "Walker", "state": "TX", "postalCode": "77320", "price": 165000, "isPriceReduced": true, "beds": 3, "baths": 2, "sqft": 1450, "yearBuilt": 1998, "propertyType": "house", "listingDate": "2026-05-02", "daysOnMarket": 62, "motivationScore": 55, "motivationReasons": ["for-sale-by-owner", "price reduced", "62 days on market", "will work with a buyer agent"], "willWorkWithBuyersAgent": true, "shortSale": false, "leaseToOwn": false, "phone": null, "email": null, "scrapedAt": "2026-07-03T12:00:00.000Z" } ```` ### Inputs | Input | What it does | |---|---| | `states` | Whole US states to pull from (e.g. Texas has ~40,000 owner listings). Pick one or many. | | `cities` | Target specific cities instead — one per line with the state, e.g. `Austin, TX`, `Miami, FL`. Ideal for farming one market. | | `zipCodes` | Target exact 5-digit ZIP codes, e.g. `78704`, `33139`. The most precise option for neighborhood farming. | | `propertyTypes` | Optional: house / condo / townhouse / multi-family / land. Empty = all. | | `onlyPriceReduced` | Only sellers who have already cut the price. | | `minDaysOnMarket` | Only listings sitting at least this many days. | | `minMotivationScore` | Only leads scoring at least this (0 = all, 40+ = clearly motivated). | | `maxItems` | Optional cap. Blank = pull everything matching. | | `proxyConfiguration` | US residential proxy (required — the source only answers US IPs). | ### About owner phone/email For-sale-by-owner sites deliberately **hide the owner's direct phone** behind a "contact seller" form, and every public skip-trace source is anti-bot-protected. So this actor ships the reliable, high-value core: **owner name + exact property address + motivation score**. That is exactly what a skip-trace needs — investors run those names/addresses through their own skip-trace to get the phone (the industry-standard workflow). The `phone`/`email` fields are included but left empty rather than guessed. ### How it works ForSaleByOwner.com serves its listings from a public JSON API (no login, no captcha). The actor queries it per state through a US residential proxy, pages through every listing, computes a motivation score from the seller signals, applies your filters, and streams leads out as it goes. ### Use cases - Wholesalers / investors building a call list of motivated sellers. - Agents hunting for-sale-by-owner sellers likely to list with an agent. - Lenders and iBuyers monitoring price-reduced and stale inventory by market. # Actor input Schema ## `states` (type: `array`): US states to pull for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) listings from. Each state has thousands of owner listings (e.g. Texas ~40,000). Pick one or more. ## `cities` (type: `array`): Target specific cities instead of a whole state — one per line, with the state, e.g. "Austin, TX" or "Miami, FL". Great for farming one market. ## `zipCodes` (type: `array`): Target specific 5-digit ZIP codes — one per line, e.g. 78704, 33139. The most precise option, ideal for farming a neighborhood. ## `propertyTypes` (type: `array`): Which property types to include. Leave empty for all. ## `onlyPriceReduced` (type: `boolean`): Return only listings the owner has already cut the price on (a strong motivation signal). ## `minDaysOnMarket` (type: `integer`): Only return listings that have been sitting for at least this many days (stale = motivated). Leave blank for no minimum. ## `minMotivationScore` (type: `integer`): Only return leads scoring at least this on the motivation score (price-drop, days-on-market, short-sale, open-to-agents, etc.). 0 = keep all, 40+ = clearly motivated. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Cap on total leads. The example value keeps a first run cheap; clear it to pull ALL matching listings in the selected states (can be tens of thousands). ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): ForSaleByOwner only answers US IPs, so a US residential proxy is required. Defaults to Apify Residential in the US. ## Actor input object example ```json { "states": [ "TX" ], "cities": [], "zipCodes": [], "propertyTypes": [], "onlyPriceReduced": false, "minMotivationScore": 0, "maxItems": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountryCode": "US" } } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "states": [ "TX" ], "cities": [], "zipCodes": [], "minMotivationScore": 0, "maxItems": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountryCode": "US" } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("swerve/motivated-seller-leads").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "states": ["TX"], "cities": [], "zipCodes": [], "minMotivationScore": 0, "maxItems": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountryCode": "US", }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("swerve/motivated-seller-leads").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "states": [ "TX" ], "cities": [], "zipCodes": [], "minMotivationScore": 0, "maxItems": 100, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": [ "RESIDENTIAL" ], "apifyProxyCountryCode": "US" } }' | apify call swerve/motivated-seller-leads --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=swerve/motivated-seller-leads", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Motivated Seller Leads - FSBO Real Estate (US)", "description": "Motivated seller leads for US real estate investors, wholesalers and agents. Scrapes for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) listings and scores each seller by motivation - price drops, days on market, short sales. Filter by state, city or ZIP. 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Each state has thousands of owner listings (e.g. Texas ~40,000). 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Great for farming one market.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "zipCodes": { "title": "ZIP codes (optional)", "type": "array", "description": "Target specific 5-digit ZIP codes — one per line, e.g. 78704, 33139. The most precise option, ideal for farming a neighborhood.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "propertyTypes": { "title": "Property types", "type": "array", "description": "Which property types to include. 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