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Source off-market houses with a deal finder app
that remembers every curb you stop at.

Tell Netiva how your acquisitions team works and the agent builds one web app for drivers, callers and the acquisitions manager, from the first curbside photo to a signed contract.

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Starter prompt

Build a deal finder web app for a wholesaling company with two acquisitions reps and three drivers. Drivers sign in on their phones to add driving-for-dollars houses with photos, the phone’s location and distress signs like vacant or overgrown yard. Each property has lead sources, a status (New, Researching, Contacting, Negotiating, Offer made, Under contract, Dead) and an owner record — one owner can hold several houses — with mailing address, phone and a contact permission field. Log every letter, call, text and email with its outcome, hide a do-not-contact owner’s houses from the queue and track offers with amount, expiry and status.

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Overview

Who this deal finder app is for

Wholesalers and acquisition teams find off-market houses in many ways — driving for dollars, tax-delinquent and probate lists, absentee owners — and the details scatter just as fast. Photos sit in a driver’s camera roll, call notes live in a dialer and nobody remembers which owner asked to be left alone. A deal finder real estate app built with Netiva keeps each property, its owner, every touch and each offer in one place. Drivers add houses from the curb, callers work a queue that skips do-not-contact owners and acquisitions sees where every offer stands.

Key features

What your deal finder app can do

  • Driving-for-dollars entries

    Drivers pull over, open the add-property screen on their phone, photograph the house and tag what caught their eye. The location is saved with the entry, so a house with no visible number can still be found again.

    • Photos of the front, roof and yard saved to the property
    • Latitude and longitude filled in when the driver allows location access
    • Distress tags such as vacant, boarded windows, overgrown yard or code notice
    • A warning when the address is already in the app

  • Lead sources and stacking

    Houses from every source live in one collection — tax-delinquent, pre-foreclosure, probate, absentee-owner and code-violation lists plus your drives. Properties match on address: a house on several lists is one record with a stack count.

    • A stack count so properties on more than one list rise to the top
    • Saved views such as vacant and tax-delinquent in one ZIP code
    • Rows typed into the spreadsheet-like grid or drafted by the collection assistant
    • Lists pulled from a property data provider’s REST API, where it offers one, with your own key

  • Owner outreach log

    Each owner record holds a mailing address, phone, email and contact permission. Every letter, postcard, call, text and email is logged with its outcome, and the next touch gets a due date.

    • Outcomes such as no answer, wrong number, callback, interested or returned mail
    • Owners marked Do not contact left out of every queue, with every house they hold
    • A morning email of each rep’s touches due today
    • Each touch stamped with the signed-in rep and the time

  • Offers through to contract

    When an owner is ready to talk numbers, the acquisitions manager records the offer you settled on, any counter and the date it expires, then attaches the signed purchase agreement or assignment contract.

    • An offer board by status, from Sent and Countered to Assigned or Closed
    • An email two days before an offer expires
    • Purchase agreement and assignment files kept on each offer
    • Offer history on the property page next to photos and touches
Data model

The collections behind it

Netiva keeps your records in built-in collections. Here’s a starting structure — the agent adapts it to your prompt, and you can change it any time.

Properties

Every off-market house or lot you’re working, from a curbside drive or a pulled list.

  • Address (required) A street address, or the assessor’s parcel number (APN) for a vacant lot Text
  • Lead sources (required) Driving for dollars, Tax delinquent, Pre-foreclosure, Probate, Absentee owner… Text
  • Distress signs Vacant, Boarded windows, Overgrown yard, Mail piling up, Code notice Text
  • Photos Front, roof and yard, taken from the curb Image
  • Location Latitude and longitude from the driver’s phone, or typed in Text
  • Status (required) New, Researching, Contacting, Negotiating, Offer made, Under contract, Dead Text
  • Found by Filled in from the signed-in driver or rep Text
  • Owner The person, LLC or trust on title; one owner record can hold many properties Relation to Owners

Owners

One record per owner, linked to every property they hold, with how to reach them and whether you may.

  • Owner name (required) Text
  • Owner type Individual, LLC, Trust or Estate Text
  • Mailing address An address other than the property often means an absentee owner Text
  • Phone Text
  • Email Text
  • Contact permission (required) Not checked, On DNC registry, Written consent on file, Do not contact Text
  • Registry checked on Last National Do Not Call Registry check for this number Date

Touches

Each letter, postcard, call, text, email or visit, logged against the owner it reached.

  • Owner (required) Relation to Owners
  • Property The house the touch was about, so it lands on that property’s timeline Relation to Properties
  • Channel (required) Letter, Postcard, Call, Text, Email, Voicemail drop, Visit Text
  • Touched at (required) Date & time
  • Outcome (required) No answer, Wrong number, Not interested, Callback, Interested, Returned mail Text
  • Rep (required) Filled in from the signed-in team member Text
  • Next touch due Date
  • Notes Paragraph

Offers

Every offer made on a property, with counters, deadlines and the signed paperwork.

  • Property (required) Relation to Properties
  • Offer amount (required) Number
  • Offered on (required) Date
  • Expires on Date
  • Status (required) Sent, Countered, Accepted, Under contract, Assigned, Closed, Rejected, Expired Text
  • Counter amount The seller’s counteroffer, if any Number
  • Contract Signed purchase agreement or assignment contract File

Required field. Types are Netiva collection field types.

Screens

Pages and screens to start with

A typical first version. Ask the agent for more, or annotate the preview to change any of them.

  • Add property

    A phone-first form for drivers: take photos, allow location, tick distress signs and add notes, with a warning if the address is already saved.

    Signed-in users

  • Leads

    Every property with its lead sources, stack count and status, filtered and sorted, with saved views for each rep and list.

    Signed-in users

  • Property file

    Photos, a map link from the saved location, the owner on title, a timeline of every touch and each offer made on one property.

    Signed-in users

  • Outreach queue

    The signed-in rep’s touches due today, overdue first and grouped by channel, with do-not-contact owners left out.

    Signed-in users

  • Offer board

    Open offers by status, with counters, expiry dates and contract files, and offers expiring this week listed first.

    Signed-in users

  • List results

    Leads, conversations (touches with a Callback or Interested outcome), offers and contracts for each lead source, so you know which lists pay off.

    Signed-in users
How it works

From prompt to a live deal finder app

  1. Describe how you find deals

    Tell the agent which lists you pull, how your drivers work, which channels you use to reach owners and how offers move. It drafts collections for properties, owners, touches and offers.

  2. Set your statuses and tags

    Adjust statuses, distress signs and outcomes in the collection grid, add a few test properties and ask the collection assistant to tidy addresses across rows.

  3. Try the drive screen on a phone

    Open the add-property screen in the live preview, save a test house with a photo and annotate anything that slows a driver down. The agent updates it while you watch.

  4. Publish and bring in your team

    Publish in one click, send drivers and callers the link to sign in and switch on the morning queue email. Each later change is checkpointed, so you can roll one back.

Why Netiva

Netiva vs a traditional build

Building a deal finder app with Netiva compared with a traditional build
Criterion With Netiva Traditional build
Driving for dollars Each house saved from the curb with photos, location and distress signs on one record Photos in a camera roll and addresses in a notes app, matched up at home
Owner contact history Every letter, call, text and email logged against the owner, with do-not-contact owners kept out of the queue Call notes in a dialer, mail lists in a spreadsheet and texts on a personal phone
Getting started Describe what you need in chat and watch it take shape in a live preview Hire developers, or stitch together templates, plugins and a hosting plan
Content and data Built-in collections with nine field types, bound straight to your pages Set up and connect a separate database or CMS
Making changes Ask the agent; every change is checkpointed and reversible File a ticket, wait for a sprint, redeploy
Hosting and domain Global hosting and automatic SSL; connect a custom domain from the Starter plan Buy hosting, then install and renew SSL certificates yourself
Code ownership Clean production code you own and can export Locked into a template, plugin or agency setup
Examples

Ways teams use it

  • A solo wholesaler working one county

    Weekend drives and a tax-delinquent list feed the same collection. The stack count shows which vacant houses also owe back taxes, and those owners get the next round of letters.

  • An acquisitions team with remote callers

    Drivers add houses in the field, callers sign in from home to work their own queues and the acquisitions manager watches the offer board and chases counters before they expire.

  • A land investor mailing vacant-lot owners

    No driving at all: lots are tracked by their parcel number in place of a street address, each mail drop is logged as a touch, returned mail flags a bad address and offers sent by letter carry their expiry date.

Good to know

Before you build

  • Do-not-call and knocking checks happen outside the app

    The app hides do-not-contact owners but doesn’t check the National Do Not Call Registry. Where the rules apply, numbers need a check under 31 days old and calls fall between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. the owner’s local time. Knocking may need a permit and must honor no-soliciting signs.

  • Consent for autodialers, prerecorded calls and texts

    Calls and texts from an autodialer or a prerecorded voice need prior express written consent, and do-not-call requests must be honored within 10 business days. Some states add stricter outreach rules; some license wholesaling and contract assignment — ask counsel how both apply.

  • Owner data comes from your provider

    Netiva doesn’t supply property records, owner names, lists or skip tracing and doesn’t import spreadsheets. Type leads into the collection grid, have the collection assistant draft rows, or connect a data provider’s API with your own key and check what its terms allow.

  • Emailing owners may be commercial email

    Where your outreach email counts as commercial email, CAN-SPAM applies: include a valid postal address, give owners a way to opt out and honor opt-outs within 10 business days. Mark those owners Do not contact so every rep sees it.

Compliance note

Calls, texts and emails to property owners are regulated. Depending on how and where you reach out, the National Do Not Call Registry, calling-hour limits, consent rules for autodialed or prerecorded calls and texts, CAN-SPAM and stricter state laws can apply — don’t assume an offer to buy a house is exempt. The app records each touch and hides owners who asked not to be contacted; it doesn’t scrub numbers or check compliance.

FAQ

Questions about building a deal finder app

Can drivers add houses from the car while driving for dollars?

Yes, once they’re parked. Netiva builds web apps that run in the phone’s browser, so drivers sign in, photograph the house and tick the distress signs they see. The add-property screen can save the phone’s location when the driver allows it, which helps with houses that have no visible number. The app warns when an address is already on file, so two drivers don’t log the same house twice.

Does the deal finder app pull lead lists or skip trace owners?

No. Netiva doesn’t supply property records, owner names, phone numbers or ready-made lists, and there is no spreadsheet import. Type leads into the collection grid, have the collection assistant draft rows from what you describe, or ask the agent to connect a property data or skip-tracing provider’s API; apps built with Netiva can call REST APIs with your key stored securely. Check what your provider’s terms allow before you use its data for outreach.

Can the app place calls or send texts to property owners?

No. Apps built with Netiva can send email, but they don’t send text messages or place calls. Your team calls and texts from its own phone system or dialer and logs each touch in the app with its outcome and next due date. If your dialer offers an API, you can ask the agent to pull call outcomes into the touch log. Consent and do-not-call rules still apply to every call and text.

How does the app keep do-not-contact owners out of the outreach queue?

Each owner has a contact permission field, and one owner record covers every house that owner holds. When an owner asks you to stop, a rep sets it to Do not contact and the queue leaves out all of their properties, for every rep, while the touch history stays on file. You can also record when a number was last checked against the National Do Not Call Registry and list owners whose check is more than 31 days old. The app doesn’t check the registry itself.

How is a deal finder different from a deal analyzer?

A deal finder real estate app covers sourcing: finding houses, reaching owners and tracking offers until a contract is signed. A deal analyzer covers underwriting — repair estimates, comparable sales and the numbers behind your maximum offer. The finder keeps the offer amount you settled on, not the math behind it. If you want both, ask the agent to add an analysis collection linked to each property or build a separate analyzer.

Can a developer take over the deal finder app’s code later?

Yes. Netiva generates clean, framework-standard code that you own and can export at any time, with no proprietary runtime, so a developer can pick it up from the code view or an export. Every change the agent makes is checkpointed, so you can compare versions or roll back. You can start building on the free plan; custom domains are available from the Starter plan.

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Drafted with AI assistance from Netiva’s product pages and reviewed by the Netiva team. Example data models, screens and prompts are illustrative starting points, not customer projects.

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