Life & fun · September 1, 2026
SCOUTRE
Spot a property. Know the opportunity.
What it does
Working one off-market house took six tools: a camera roll, the county site, a per-record skip-trace service, a spreadsheet, a mail house and a CRM. SCOUTRE keeps all of it on one record. Stand in front of a house and GPS finds the parcel, or type any US address. See the owner, estimated equity, mortgage position and 16 distress signals across 160M US properties. Skip trace the owner, run the numbers to a true max offer, then mail a postcard carrying the photo of their house.
SCOUTRE is a property intelligence and skip tracing app. Find owners, equity, mortgage data, seller signals and contact paths across 160M U.S. properties.
Capture the property in front of you, or search any U.S. address . See available owner, value, equity, mortgage and lien data plus the 37 property signals—then add the property to your CRM, analyze the deal and start outreach from one app. Fresh contact data, traced the moment you ask. Coverage varies by county and hit rates vary by property. NEW: Nationwide Property Search. Search any U.S. address, confirm the exact property, review available owner and property intelligence, and add it directly to your CRM. SCOUTRE for iPhone Research any address. Add only properties worth pursuing. SCOUTRE carries one property from discovery to next action. Investors qualify and analyze deals. Agents turn…from scoutreapp.com
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