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Skip Trace — Find the Owner Behind an Address

How Rescover's Skip Trace pulls real owner contact info from an address (or LLC name), how to manage your allotment, and how to use it ethically.

Skip Trace is the data layer that turns an address (or an LLC name) into the actual person behind it — name, phone, email. It powers Rental Scout's owner column, Custom Targets enrichment, and the "Owner Information" section on every property page.

How Rescover uses Skip Trace automatically

You usually don't initiate Skip Trace manually — it runs automatically as part of:

  • Rental Scout results (every FRBO listing gets the owner traced)
  • Custom Targets imports (every uploaded address gets traced)
  • Property page Owner section (when you specifically click to reveal owner info)

Managing your allotment

Settings → CRM → Skip Trace Settings.

  • Your subscription includes a monthly trace allotment. The page shows how many you've used and how many remain.
  • If you exceed the allotment, additional traces are billed at a per-trace rate (also shown on the Settings page).
  • Configure auto-skip-trace defaults — you can turn off auto-trace for some flows if you want manual control.

Best practices for outreach

  • Always identify yourself. "Hi, I'm calling because I saw your rental listing on Zillow" beats spammy openers and gets way better response rates.
  • Respect Do-Not-Call lists. Phone numbers from Skip Trace are not pre-cleared against the DNC registry. Check yourself before SMS or call campaigns.
  • Comply with email marketing law. CAN-SPAM (US) and similar regulations apply to bulk emails to skip-traced addresses. One-to-one messages are typically fine; mass blasts to a list are riskier.
  • Don't publish skip-traced data. The data is for your outreach use — sharing or republishing it has legal exposure.

If Skip Trace returns no results

  • The owner may be an LLC or trust without an obvious person. Try variants — sometimes a related individual is identifiable.
  • Rural / non-standard addresses sometimes don't match. Confirm the address spelling.
  • Some owners are deliberately privacy-protected. There's no override.