// Skip tracing
How to skip trace a deceased property owner
You're really tracing the heirs and the estate's representative. Confirm the death, find probate, identify who can sell, then reach them, carefully.
The short answer
To skip trace a deceased property owner, you're really looking for the heirs or the estate's representative. Confirm the death, find the probate case in the county where they lived, identify the executor or administrator and the heirs, then skip trace those living people. Approach probate leads with more care than a normal cold list.
Confirm the death and find probate
Start with an obituary or the Social Security Death Index to confirm the death and the date. Then check the probate court in the county of residence: an opened estate names an executor or administrator and, often, the heirs. Not every estate goes through probate, but when it does, the record hands you the living people to contact.
Identify the heirs and representative
The person with authority to sell is usually the executor or administrator. The heirs may or may not be the same people. Both are worth tracing, because the deal often turns on reaching whoever actually wants the property gone.
Handle probate leads with care
These are grieving families, and the outreach that works is patient and respectful, not the hard-close script you'd use elsewhere. It's also a genuinely less competitive lead source because many investors find the research tedious.
Where Trackyr fits
After you've identified the heirs or the executor, Trackyr verifies and DNC-scrubs their contact info before you reach out, so a sensitive first call doesn't land on a wrong or dead number.
// Common questions
Answered.
How do I contact the heirs of a deceased property owner?+
Find the probate case in the county where the owner lived, which names the executor or administrator and often the heirs, then skip trace those living people for current contact info.
Can you skip trace a deceased person?+
You trace the living people connected to them, the heirs and the estate's representative, not the deceased. Probate court records are the starting point.
// Keep reading
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