A five step filter can turn hundreds of dispo blast emails into one usable deal
For anyone underwriting off dispo lists, volume becomes the whole problem fast, sometimes hundreds of emails across a handful of senders within months. The goal is a way to say no in under five minutes without missing the one that matters. For anyone new: a dispo blast is the mass email a wholesaler or marketplace sends when it needs a buyer for a house under contract. The numbers in it are marketing, written to make the deal look better than it is. A filter that works, applied in order, stopping and discarding at the first failed step. Is there an address. No address means no comps, so it's out, and this alone can eliminate a meaningful share of a list. Is the stated ARV supported by three sold comps within a mile in the last six months, same beds and roughly the same square footage, checked independently rather than trusting the sender's comp sheet. This step tends to kill the largest share of any list, since stated ARVs run high far more often than not. Does the repair number match the photos. A kitchen photo showing no kitchen paired with a low repair figure is a no. At the asking price, does the deal still work at a repair number 40 percent above what's stated. If it only works at their number, it doesn't work. Is the seller contract actually signed and is title clear enough to discuss. Some files die here because the sender doesn't actually have the property under contract yet. Out of a large batch, only a handful typically survive all five steps, and even fewer convert to a closed deal. What tends to nearly break a deal that does close is a hidden repair item, something like a collapsed sewer line to the street, invisible in photos and unmentioned by the sender, where padding the stated repair number by 40 percent is often the exact cushion that absorbs the surprise. That padding is the single change that makes a dispo list usable instead of dangerous.
