Find Newly Deceased People in the Counties Where You Buy
Get continuously updated death and obituary intelligence for your target markets so your acquisitions team can identify potential estate and inherited-property opportunities earlier in the research process.
An earlier death signal in your research workflow
Many real-estate workflows begin with downstream signals such as probate records, purchased lead lists, inherited-property lists, public filings, or attorney and court activity. ObituaryMonitor detects the underlying death event through its existing death and obituary intelligence network.
County Feed can introduce a death signal earlier in your research workflow. It does not always identify deaths before probate, and it is not a substitute for title, ownership, or court research.
How it works
ObituaryMonitor supplies the death intelligence. Your team combines it with the property-data systems you already use. There is no automated decedent-to-property ownership match in this product.
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Death detected
ObituaryMonitor identifies death events through its existing death and obituary intelligence network.
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Geography identified
Each record is associated with city, county, and state where that information is available.
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Record delivered through County Feed
Notices appear in the portal, CSV export, and API according to the account’s entitlements.
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Available family information extracted
Named survivors and relationships are included when they appear in the obituary or related source.
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Investor applies property and ownership research
Your team evaluates those names against the property records, CRM, or acquisitions workflow you already use.
What you receive
These are production County Feed fields. Coverage and field availability vary by source.
Decedent name
Full name, plus first and last when parsed
Date of death
Included where available from the source
City, county, and state
Geographic fields used to target acquisition markets
Obituary / source URL
Link to the underlying notice when we have one
Date detected
first_indexed_at — when we first captured the notice
Source / funeral home
source_type and publisher_name where supported
Named survivors
Family names and relationships where identifiable in the source — not legal heirship
Portal, CSV, and API
Access according to the account’s County Feed entitlements
Works with your existing property workflow
County Feed provides the death signal. Your team can then evaluate those names against the property records, CRM, skip-tracing platform, or acquisitions workflow you already use. This page does not claim direct integrations with third-party tools.
What County Feed does and does not establish
County Feed identifies death events and associated obituary information. Family and survivor information comes from obituary or related source text and should not automatically be interpreted as legal heirship.
It does not independently establish
- Home ownership
- Legal heirship
- Probate status
- Estate administration status
- Property distress
- Executor status
- Willingness to sell
Investor use cases
Cash Home Buyers
Identify new deaths within acquisition territories and run them through existing property research. These are death signals, not qualified seller leads.
Wholesalers
Add death intelligence as another signal inside lead-generation workflows you already operate.
Acquisition Teams
Monitor specific counties continuously rather than periodically purchasing static lists.
Estate / Inherited Property Specialists
Use death and family information as an earlier research input before or alongside probate-related sources.
Sample County Feed data
Download a representative workbook of public Harris County, Texas County Feed records. Columns match production notice semantics. Property-intelligence, phone, and email fields are not included. Survivor names are people mentioned in the source — not legal heirs.
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| first_name | Given name when parsed from the notice |
| last_name | Surname when parsed from the notice |
| death_date | Date of death where the source provides it |
| city | City associated with the notice |
| county | County associated with the notice |
| state | Two-letter state |
| source_type | funeral_home or newspaper |
| obituary_url | Underlying public notice URL when available |
| first_indexed_at | When ObituaryMonitor first captured the notice |
| survivor_name | Person named in obituary/source information, when present |
| survivor_relationship | Relationship text from the source, when identifiable |
Try County Feed in the Markets You Actually Buy
Choose two target counties and evaluate County Feed against your existing acquisitions workflow for 14 days. The pilot includes portal access, CSV access where entitled, and survivor or family information where available. It does not guarantee deal volume.
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County Feed product overview: Death-by-County Feed.
Frequently asked questions
Is this probate data?
No. County Feed identifies death and obituary information independently of whether probate has been opened.
Are everyone in the feed homeowners?
No. County Feed provides the death signal. Property ownership must be established separately. The product does not automatically match decedents to property records.
Are the listed family members legal heirs?
Not necessarily. They are people identified from obituary or related source information, with relationships where available. That is not a legal heirship determination.
How quickly do records appear?
Timing varies by source and county. Each notice includes first_indexed_at, which is when we first captured it. County Feed does not publish a guaranteed detection SLA.
Can I download the data?
Yes. Entitled County Feed accounts can export CSV notice files from the portal. CSV columns follow the production County Feed export, excluding property-intelligence fields that are not generally available.
Is there an API?
Yes. County Feed includes API access when the account is entitled for API delivery. The same notice fields are available through GET /api/v1/county-feed/notices.
Can I select specific counties?
Yes. County Feed coverage is county-based within enrolled states, up to the account’s county cap. A typical investor pilot uses two target counties for 14 days.
Can you provide phone numbers or email addresses?
No. Contact enrichment is not part of the County Feed offering. Family names come from the obituary or source text when present.