// Skip tracing
How to improve your skip tracing hit rate
Cleaner input, waterfalled misses, more identifiers, and verification. The levers that lift a hit rate, and why right-party contact matters more than the raw number.
The short answer
To improve your skip-tracing hit rate, feed cleaner input with an accurate, recent name and address, run misses through multiple data sources in a waterfall, add every identifier you have, and re-run stale lists. Then verify the results, because a high hit rate full of wrong numbers isn't worth much.
Clean input is the biggest lever
The single fastest way to lift a hit rate is a better input file. A correctly spelled name with a recent address matches far more often than a partial name and a decade-old address. Fix the input before you blame the tool.
Waterfall your misses
No single data source matches everyone. Running the records a first source missed through a second and third, cheapest to most expensive, recovers matches you'd otherwise write off, and it's how high-volume operators push total hit rates up.
Hit rate isn't the same as right-party contact
A number that matches but belongs to the wrong person, or a line that's been reassigned, counts toward your hit rate and does nothing for your deals. That's why verification matters as much as the match: right-party contact is the metric that actually pays.
Where Trackyr fits
Trackyr improves the half of the equation you control after the match. It validates each number and its line type and drops the dead and reassigned lines, so the hit rate you report is closer to numbers that actually reach the right person.
// Common questions
Answered.
Why is my skip tracing hit rate low?+
Usually input quality: partial names, stale addresses, or owners hiding behind entities. Clean the file, add identifiers, and waterfall the misses through a second source before assuming the tool is the problem.
What is a good skip tracing hit rate?+
For real-estate lists, roughly 60 to 90 percent is typical depending on input quality. Focus on right-party contact, not just the raw match rate, since wrong or reassigned numbers inflate the percentage without helping.
// Keep reading
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