Understand the role
- Find and document possible seller opportunities
- Hand facts to the acquisitions team for review
- Avoid brokerage, legal, tax, lending, or foreclosure advice
Bird dog training
Find better off-market leads without crossing compliance lines.
Use this field guide before submitting leads to Helpful Home Buyers USA. It keeps partner activity focused on finding opportunities, collecting facts, and handing the deal to the acquisitions team for review.
Find likely sellers
- Vacant or boarded houses
- Tall grass, deferred maintenance, code stickers, or stacked mail
- Probate, inherited, pre-foreclosure, tax, divorce, or relocation signals
Ask clean questions
- What is happening with the property?
- How soon would the owner like a solution?
- What condition is the house in today?
- Has the owner thought about a price or payoff number?
Submit useful notes
- Owner name and best contact number
- Full property address
- Seller situation, timeline, condition, and asking price
- Photos, access notes, liens, repairs, ARV, or wholesale contract details if available
Call cleanly
- Ask whether the owner is open to an as-is offer
- Confirm the best callback number and decision maker
- Stop if the seller asks not to be contacted again
Door knock safely
- Stay respectful, brief, and factual at the door
- Leave approved materials only when appropriate
- Never pressure an owner or enter without clear permission
Screen out bad fits
- No clear owner or decision maker
- No permission to share seller contact details
- Retail-only pricing with no distress, repairs, or motivation
Document the deal
- Capture the address exactly as it appears in public records
- Include photos, access notes, and seller story when available
- Flag liens, tenants, probate, foreclosure, or title issues
Know the buy box
- Vacant, inherited, tired landlord, tax, foreclosure, and major repair leads
- Wholesale contracts with realistic numbers and assignable terms
- Markets where our team can verify value and close confidently
Set expectations
- Tell sellers the acquisitions team will review and follow up
- Do not promise an offer amount, closing date, or payout
- Compensation is confirmed after deal review and closing path
Track next steps
- Submit once with the best available information
- Add new facts by calling the team instead of duplicate submissions
- Keep your own notes on first discovery date and seller permission
Lead quality
The four-point deal screen
A lead does not need every detail before submission, but the best deals usually have a clear seller problem, a real property address, a reachable decision maker, and enough pricing context for our team to move quickly.
Motivation
There is a real reason to sell now, not just curiosity.
Equity or spread
There is enough room for repairs, closing costs, and a realistic offer.
Access
The owner or contract holder can authorize showing, inspection, or next steps.
Clarity
You can explain who owns the property, what they want, and what problem needs solving.
Door and phone opener
Keep the conversation short and factual: "I work with a local home-buying team that reviews as-is property situations. If the owner is open to a cash offer, I can pass the address and best contact number to the acquisitions team for review."
Do not promise a price, closing date, legal result, loan outcome, or guaranteed payout. Your job is to identify and submit the opportunity.
Do not cross these lines
- Do not negotiate price or terms unless you are authorized and properly licensed.
- Do not represent yourself as the buyer, broker, lender, attorney, or title company.
- Do not give legal, tax, credit, foreclosure, bankruptcy, or probate advice.
- Do not submit a seller's phone or email unless you have permission to share it.
Field materials
Print these leave-behind pieces for approved partner field work. Fill in the partner name and phone before using them.
Training lead submission
After you complete the checklist, send the lead through the partner form so the seller, property, and partner source are captured in the CRM.
Required before submitting
- Seller gave permission to share their contact info for manual review.
- You have the full property address and best seller phone number.
- You can explain the situation, motivation, condition, timeline, or asking price.
Ready to submit?