If you listen to the Dirty Deeds podcast, you know Logan Fullmer doesn't just talk theory. Every episode breaks down real deals — and real deals require real tools. This guide organizes the tools and resources that align with the strategies discussed on the show, from finding distressed properties to curing title and closing.

A quick note on framing: This is not a list of tools Logan has personally endorsed or recommended. We compiled this guide based on tools that complement the distressed property acquisition (DPA) and curative title strategies that come up in context of the podcast and Logan's broader teaching. Where a tool directly addresses a workflow he discusses, we say so. Where we're connecting dots, we're transparent about that too.

Quick Reference: All Tools by Category

Before we dive into the details, here's the full landscape at a glance:

Category	Tool	What It Does	Price Range
Lead Sourcing	LienSuite	Pre-scored tax delinquent lists with heir signals	Free tier available
	PropStream	Nationwide property data and equity filters	$99/mo
	County Tax Collector Sites	Free delinquent tax rolls direct from counties	Free
	TaxNetUSA	Bulk Texas property and tax data	Per-county pricing
	DealMachine	Driving for dollars app with skip trace	$99/mo
Data Cleaning	REISift	List stacking, dedup, campaign tracking	$49+/mo
	BatchLeads	List building + skip trace combo	$99+/mo
Skip Tracing	LienSuite Skip Trace	Integrated with property records	Credits-based
	BatchSkipTracing	Volume skip trace pricing	~$0.15/record
	REISkip	Competitive per-record pricing	~$0.10-0.15/record
	Skip Genie	Popular option for investors	~$0.08-0.12/record
Title Research	County Clerk Records	Free recorded documents online	Free
	ProTitleUSA	Affordable O&E reports	$50-100/report
	Netronline	Portal to county recorder websites	Free to search
	Old Republic / Fidelity	Full title commitments for closing	$500+
CRM	LienSuite Pipeline	Kanban-style deal tracker for DPA	Included with plan
	REsimpli	All-in-one investor CRM	$99+/mo
	Podio / PodioFlow	Customizable CRM for wholesalers	Free-$24/mo
Education	education-re.com	Logan Fullmer's curative title courses	Paid courses
	DPA Summit	Annual live event	Ticketed
	Dirty Deeds Podcast	Free weekly episodes	Free

1. Lead Sourcing Tools (Finding Distressed Properties)

The foundation of every deal Logan breaks down on the podcast starts the same way: finding properties in distress. Tax delinquency, deceased owners, heir property, clouded titles — these are the deal types that come up episode after episode. Here are the tools that address that first step.

LienSuite

LienSuite is a lead sourcing platform built specifically for the kind of deals discussed on Dirty Deeds. It pulls tax delinquent property lists from 480+ counties across Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and California, then scores each property based on distress signals — years of delinquency, tax owed relative to value, and heir indicators.

What makes it relevant to the Dirty Deeds audience specifically: LienSuite detects heir signals and deceased owner flags on tax delinquent properties. These are the exact situations that lead to curative title opportunities — properties with clouded ownership where an investor who understands affidavits of heirship and quiet title actions can create value that nobody else can.

Disclosure: LienSuite is our product. Logan Fullmer has not endorsed it. We built it because the DPA workflow he teaches requires exactly this kind of data, and we think podcast listeners will find it useful.

PropStream

PropStream is the industry standard for property data. It covers the entire US, offers equity filters, pre-foreclosure lists, and owner information. Most serious investors have a PropStream subscription. It is a general-purpose tool — broad but not specifically tuned for DPA or curative title work. If you need nationwide coverage and multiple distress filters beyond tax delinquency, PropStream is the default choice.

County Tax Collector Websites

The free option. Every county publishes delinquent tax rolls — usually as a PDF or downloadable spreadsheet before the annual tax sale. Logan has discussed going directly to county sources, and for good reason: the data comes straight from the authority. The downside is that you're doing the work yourself — downloading, cleaning, deduplicating, and enriching the data with owner information and property details. For a handful of target counties, this works. For scaling across multiple markets, it becomes a full-time job.

TaxNetUSA

TaxNetUSA provides bulk property and tax data for Texas counties. If you want raw data to build your own lists and do your own filtering, this is a well-known source. Pricing is per county, and the data tends to be comprehensive — property characteristics, tax amounts, owner information. Think of it as a step up from county websites but a step down from a fully scored and enriched platform.

DealMachine

DealMachine is a driving-for-dollars app that lets you photograph properties from the street, instantly pull owner information, and add them to marketing campaigns. It serves a different entry point than list-based sourcing — instead of starting with data, you start with visual distress signals (boarded windows, overgrown lots, code violation notices). For DPA investors who cover a defined geographic area, it complements list-based approaches well.

2. Data Cleaning and Campaign Management

Once you have your leads, you need to clean, deduplicate, and organize them for outreach. Dirty data means wasted mail and wasted skip trace dollars.

REISift

REISift is the list management tool that comes up most often in DPA circles. It handles list stacking (cross-referencing multiple distress lists to find properties that appear on more than one), deduplication, and campaign tracking. If you're pulling tax delinquent lists from multiple counties and cross-referencing with probate filings or code violations, REISift helps you find the overlap — which is where the best deals tend to live.

BatchLeads

BatchLeads combines list building with skip tracing in a single platform. You can pull property lists by criteria, append owner contact information, and manage outreach without jumping between tools. For investors who want fewer logins and a more integrated workflow, it's a solid option.

3. Skip Tracing (Finding Owners and Heirs)

You can't do a deal if you can't find the owner. And in curative title work, the owner is often deceased, missing, or one of a dozen heirs who may not even know they inherited property. Skip tracing is the bridge between finding a property and starting a conversation.

LienSuite Built-in Skip Trace

LienSuite includes skip tracing directly in the platform, tied to the property records you're already researching. You don't need to export a list, upload it to a separate service, and re-import results. The skip trace is credits-based and returns phone numbers, emails, and associated addresses. For heir property situations, LienSuite also offers deceased owner verification and heir research that identifies potential heirs through family relationship data — the exact research you'd need before pursuing an affidavit of heirship.

BatchSkipTracing

BatchSkipTracing is a volume-focused skip trace service. Upload a CSV, get back phone numbers and emails. The per-record pricing drops as your volume increases, which matters when you're running campaigns across multiple counties. It's a reliable workhorse for high-volume investors.

REISkip

REISkip competes on price and data quality. They offer competitive per-record rates and multiple data points per owner. If you're cost-conscious and processing large batches, it's worth comparing their results against other providers — hit rates vary by geography.

Skip Genie

Skip Genie is another popular option in the investor community, known for competitive pricing at lower volume tiers. Like the others, results depend on your market and the age of the data. Most experienced investors use at least two skip trace providers and compare results.

4. Title Research

This is where the Dirty Deeds audience separates from the crowd. Logan's entire curative title framework depends on understanding what's wrong with a property's title and knowing how to fix it. That starts with research.

County Clerk Records

Most Texas counties now have free online access to recorded documents — deeds, liens, judgments, probate filings, and lis pendens. This is where you build the chain of title and identify the specific defects that need curing. Harris County (hcdistrictclerk.com), Dallas County (dallascounty.org), Bexar County (bexar.org) — each has its own portal, but the information is public record. Learning to search these records efficiently is a core DPA skill.

ProTitleUSA

ProTitleUSA provides affordable ownership and encumbrance (O&E) reports — a step below a full title commitment but enough to identify major title issues. At $50-100 per report, it's a cost-effective way to screen properties before investing in a full title search. For the volume of leads a DPA investor processes, you need a way to quickly identify which properties have curable defects without paying for full title work on every one.

Netronline

Netronline is a free portal that links to county recorder and assessor websites across the country. It doesn't provide data itself — it points you to the right county website. When you're working across multiple counties or researching a property in an unfamiliar jurisdiction, Netronline saves time finding the right portal.

Old Republic Title / Fidelity National Title

When it's time to close, you need a title commitment from a major underwriter. Old Republic and Fidelity are the names that come up most in DPA work. Not every title company will work with curative title situations — you need a title officer who understands affidavits of heirship, quiet title actions, and the specific requirements for insuring previously clouded titles. Building relationships with title companies that "get" DPA deals is one of the more actionable pieces of advice that comes up in the podcast ecosystem.

5. Legal Resources

Curative title work is fundamentally legal work. You don't need to be an attorney, but you need attorneys in your corner.

Curative Title Attorneys

A real estate attorney who specializes in curative title work is not optional for this business. They draft affidavits of heirship, file quiet title actions, and ensure your title cure will actually be accepted by a title company. The best DPA investors develop relationships with attorneys who handle these cases at volume and at reasonable fixed fees. Finding one in your target market is usually a matter of calling title companies and asking who they work with on problem files.

Affidavit of Heirship Process (Texas-Specific)

The affidavit of heirship is one of the most frequently discussed tools in the curative title world. In Texas, when a property owner dies intestate (without a will), an affidavit of heirship — signed by a disinterested witness and filed in the county records — can establish the chain of ownership without going through probate. It requires identifying all legal heirs under Texas intestacy law, which is why the heir research step matters so much. This is not a tool you buy; it's a legal process you learn and then work with an attorney to execute.

Quiet Title Actions

When an affidavit of heirship isn't sufficient — perhaps there are competing claims, missing heirs, or other complications — a quiet title action is the next step. This is a lawsuit filed to establish clear ownership. It takes longer (typically 3-6 months) and costs more ($2,000-5,000+), but it results in a court order that title companies will insure against. Logan discusses quiet title as a tool for the more complex deals that most investors avoid.

Partition Action Resources

Partition actions come into play when multiple heirs co-own a property and can't agree on what to do with it. A partition action forces a sale or division. This is a more advanced legal tool, but it's relevant for the heir property situations that come up regularly in DPA work. Understanding when partition is the right approach (versus simply buying out individual heir interests) is part of the curative title toolkit.

6. CRM and Deal Management

DPA deals have longer timelines than typical wholesale deals. You might work a property for weeks or months — through research, outreach, legal work, and closing. Tracking all of that requires a system.

LienSuite Pipeline

LienSuite includes a Kanban-style deal pipeline built specifically for DPA workflows. Properties move through stages — New Leads, Researching, Outreach, Contacted, Negotiating, Under Contract, Closed — with all the property data, owner information, skip trace results, and notes attached to each case. Because the lead data and the deal management live in the same platform, there's no re-entry or data loss between sourcing and working a deal.

REsimpli

REsimpli is an all-in-one CRM built for real estate investors. It handles lead intake, marketing campaigns, deal tracking, and reporting. It's a popular choice for wholesalers and fix-and-flip investors, and works for DPA investors who want a more comprehensive system that also handles their non-DPA deals.

Podio / PodioFlow

Podio is a customizable CRM platform. PodioFlow adds real estate investor-specific workflows on top of it. The appeal is flexibility — you can build exactly the pipeline you want. The downside is setup time. Podio has been popular in the wholesaling community for years, and many DPA investors started with Podio before more specialized tools existed.

7. Education: Logan's Own Resources

The tools only matter if you understand the strategy behind them. Logan Fullmer has built the most comprehensive educational ecosystem around DPA and curative title work.

education-re.com (Curative Title Class)

Logan's flagship course covers the entire curative title workflow — from identifying opportunities to closing deals. The curriculum includes the legal frameworks, deal analysis, negotiation strategies, and the specific steps for curing different types of title defects. There's also an advanced course for investors who have completed deals and want to scale. Visit education-re.com for current offerings.

DPA Summit

The DPA Summit is an annual live event where DPA investors gather to learn, network, and share deal breakdowns. It's the in-person extension of the podcast community. If you're serious about this niche and want to meet the people doing deals at scale, this is the event to attend.

Dirty Deeds Podcast

The podcast itself is the free entry point. Weekly episodes cover deal breakdowns, strategy discussions, interviews with successful DPA investors, and market updates. If you're reading this guide, you probably already listen. If you don't, start there — it's the best free education available for this niche.

Distressed Property Secrets

Logan's book or lead magnet (depending on current availability) covers the foundational concepts of distressed property acquisition. It's a good starting point for investors who are new to DPA and want to understand the opportunity before committing to a full course.

Putting It All Together: A DPA Workflow

Here's how these tools fit into an actual deal workflow — the kind of deal you might hear broken down on a Dirty Deeds episode:

Source: Pull tax delinquent lists from LienSuite or county websites. Filter for 3+ years delinquent with heir signals or deceased owner flags.
Clean: Stack lists in REISift if working multiple sources. Remove duplicates, filter out commercial properties if you're focused on residential.
Research: Run a title search through county clerk records or order an O&E from ProTitleUSA. Identify the specific title defect — is it heir property, a tax sale with clouded title, a missing deed?
Skip Trace: Find the owners or heirs using LienSuite's built-in skip trace or an external service like BatchSkipTracing.
Outreach: Contact owners/heirs by phone, mail, or door knock. This is where the relationship and negotiation skills from Logan's courses matter most.
Cure: Work with your curative title attorney to file the appropriate documents — affidavit of heirship, quiet title action, or other remedy.
Close: Get a title commitment from a DPA-friendly title company. Close the deal.
Track: Manage the entire pipeline in LienSuite, REsimpli, or your CRM of choice.

The timeline for a single deal might be 2 weeks or 6 months, depending on the complexity of the title defect. That's why the CRM piece matters — you need to track where every deal stands and what the next action is.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Logan Fullmer recommend LienSuite?

No. Logan has not endorsed or recommended LienSuite. We built LienSuite to serve the DPA and curative title workflow that Logan teaches, and we believe his audience will find it useful. But this is our assessment, not his.

What's the minimum tool stack to get started with DPA?

You can start with free county tax collector websites, free county clerk records for title research, and a phone for skip tracing (manual searches on social media and public records). As you close deals and have revenue, add paid tools to increase your speed and volume. Many successful DPA investors started with nothing but public records and persistence.

Do I need all of these tools at once?

No. Start with lead sourcing and title research. Add skip tracing and CRM tools as your deal volume grows. The education piece — especially the podcast and Logan's courses — should come first, because the tools are only useful if you understand the strategy.

What's the difference between DPA and curative title investing?

DPA (Distressed Property Acquisition) is the broader category — buying properties in any form of distress (tax delinquency, code violations, pre-foreclosure, vacancy). Curative title is a specific skill within DPA: fixing title defects so a property can be sold with clear ownership. Logan teaches both, but curative title is his specialty and what differentiates his approach from traditional wholesaling.

How much does it cost to get started?

The education and deal sourcing can start at $0 using free resources. Your first deal will require attorney fees ($500-3,000 depending on the title cure), and potentially earnest money or a purchase deposit. Most DPA investors spend $200-500/month on tools and data once they're actively working deals.

Is curative title legal for non-attorneys?

Yes. You're not practicing law — you're identifying opportunities, negotiating with owners and heirs, and coordinating with attorneys who handle the legal filings. The investor's role is deal sourcing, relationship building, and project management. The attorney handles the legal work.

Start Sourcing Distressed Properties Today

The strategies discussed on the Dirty Deeds podcast require one thing before anything else: finding the right properties. Tax delinquent properties with heir signals, deceased owners, and clouded titles are where the curative title opportunity lives.

LienSuite gives you pre-scored tax delinquent lists across 480+ counties in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and California — with heir signals, deceased owner detection, built-in skip trace, and a deal pipeline to track everything from first contact to closing. Start with the free tier and see the data for yourself.