Overdue follow-up deals closed in their first weeks
Closed stubborn follow-up deals right after joining DataSift. The CRM surfaced leads they were missing.
About
Antione and Alana, seasoned real estate pros, shifted their decade-long approach with the help of DataSift. Their mastery of lead flows, strategic marketing, and dynamic deal closures reflects their innovative edge in the industry.
Operating market
Antione and Alana thrive as real estate professionals in Austin, Texas, leveraging their expertise to navigate the local market with precision and finesse.
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The Challenge
Antione and Alana came in with a data background and a stack that fought them anyway. Their prospecting database had no CRM function, so they bolted Podio on top to compensate. Two systems meant scattered statuses and marketing decisions made on guesswork. In Antione's words, their marketing was all over the place and they were chasing their tail the entire time.
Even after joining in September 2021, the skepticism did not vanish overnight. They ran DataSift and Podio side by side for years because the familiar build felt safer than a full cutover. An early import mapped their tags incorrectly, and support had to pull in a developer to bulk delete the bad records. Meanwhile one lead sat at the top of their dashboard from September 2021 on. Direct mail, ringless voicemail, SMS, cold calls: every channel came back with wrong numbers, voicemails, and disconnects. They had written the property off.
What They Built
Cutting the operation down to one system
The full cutover finally happened when the smart dialer integration landed and Podio kept changing under them. Marketing, lead management, acquisitions, and closed contracts now live in one place, start to finish. Alana, who came from healthcare rather than tech, runs operations inside the same boards and built the sequences that removed the guesswork.
Letting saved presets surface the records nobody touched
Their data manager breaks every monthly data subscription into saved preset views by list, stack count, and preferred zips. Antione checks those views at night and pushes overlooked records straight into marketing.
There are times where I'm just like late at night looking at them and then like adding some filters on top of what we already have. And I'm like, oh my God, 300 new records that we haven't got any status on.
Exhausting a record instead of remarketing to it
The two-year lead broke open through record exhaustion, not new spend. The property was inherited, and county records still showed the deceased mother's name because of a gift deed. Every other investor was marketing to the wrong person. They re-skip traced the record, called the family members, and got the actual owner on the phone.
It truly was like a sensei flow type thing. And we wouldn't have, I don't think any other investor would have reached her without doing it this way.
Working leads with humans, on the board's schedule
Lead managers live in the pipeline board with cold, warm, and hot sequences and tasks. Instead of pushing quiet leads to dead and paying to remarket later, a person calls when the system says to call.
Before and After
Before DataSift
- Achieved Data Clarity
- Consistent Deal Flow
- Inconsistent Deal Flow
- Poor Marketing Flow
- Little Data Clarity
- Relied On Google Sheets
- Consistent Deal Flow
- Data Clarity / Organization
- Wholesales, Flips And Does Retail
- Strong Marketing Flow
- Didn't Understand Data Management
- Strong Real Estate Agent
- Wanted To Break Into Wholesaling But Didn't Know How
- Healthy Scale
- Data Driven Decisions
- Consistent Deals
- Strong Marketing Flow
- Inconsistent
- Little Data Insight
- Unorganized Bulk Marketing
- Strategic Focus on Niches
- Enhanced Lead Flow and Certainty
- Streamlined Marketing Process
- Efficient Use of Data
- Direct Mail & Deep Prospecting
- Broad, Unfocused Strategy
- Inconsistency in Results
- Dependency on Luck
- Marketing Clarity
- 6 Figure Months
- High Deal Volume
- Strong Marketing Flow
- Proper Data Management
- Weak Marketing Flow
- Poor Data Management
- Lack of Focus
- Manual Efforts
- Successful Scale
- Total Data Clarity
- Clear Marketing Approach
- Large Deal Spreads
- Improper Data Management
- Poor Marketing Method
- Inconsistent Deal Flow
- Strong Marketing Flow
- Clear Data Management
- Clear Data Management
- Successful Scale
- Many ways to close deals
- Large deal spreads
- Poor data management
- Unable to scale properly
- Poor marketing flow
- Smaller Deal Spreads
- Increased Deal Volume
- Platform Utilization
- Realtor Collaboration
- Funding Efforts
- Lots Of Deals
- Data Driven Decisions
- Strong Marketing Flow
- Sales And Marketing Clarity
- Poor Data Management
- Poor Marketing Flow
- Relied On Bulk Marketing
- Lack of Clarity
- Automated Acquisition
- Strong Marketing Flow
- Data Driven Decisions
- Structured Follow-ups
- Increased Lead Generation
- Achieved Sales And Marketing Clarity
- Manual Acquisition Processes
- Ineffective Marketing Flow
- Minimal Lead Insights
- Poor Follow Up Flow
- Inconsistent Lead Generation
- Lacked Sales And Marketing Clarity
After DataSift
- No Deep Understanding Of His Own Data
- Gave Up Bulk Dialing And Texting Years Ago
- Relying On Inbound Leads And Bought Deals
- A Contract Per 12-13 Qualified Leads
- 10,000-record Niche Lists, Filtered Monthly In Sift
- Focused Down To Indiana And Ohio
- Owns The Operation Now, 50-50 Split
- $300K In Spreads In His First 90 Days
- Almost $600K In Contracts Ghosted Or Backed Out
- Five States At Once, Spread Too Thin
- All The Profit Going To Someone Else
- Running An Agency For 14-16 US Investors
- Homegrown Closer Converts Over 20% Of Offers
- Text Blasts First, Smaller Call Lists After
- Whole Philadelphia Metro Recycled Through Rehash Campaigns
- Sequences And Lists Fully Dialed In
- Over 50 Deals A Year Across Two Companies
- New Construction Plans Stalled By Rates And Costs
- Deep Prospecting Alone, Before Any System
- Two Cheap College Duplexes, Bought With A Partner
- Everything Done By 6pm
- $1,500-1,800 A Month Total Marketing Spend
- 150 Dials A Day, First To Market
- 200 Probates A Month From Weekly Courthouse Runs
- $800K A Year Running Solo
- No Online County Data In His Market
- Long Hours Getting The Business Started
- Years Of Flips And Contractor Headaches
- Tuesday At 2 Hunts Generate His Own Deals
- 4 Deals And $330K Equity In 30 Days
- Sales Leader Owns Leads, Casey Tunes Systems
- 325,000 County Records, Scrubbed Nightly By VAs
- Full Operation: Acquisitions Agents, Sales Leader, VA Data Team
- Team Waiting On Leads To Come In
- Doing Well, But Knew He Could Do More
- Watching Every Lead Himself, Day To Day
- Callers Grinding Through Manual Data
- Two-man Team: Casey Plus One Acquisitions Guy
- Cutting edge 1-1 sales and marketing integration
- Improved accuracy when making offers and estimating rehab costs
- Leak proof communication between clients, buyers and contractors
- Thorough marketing and acquisitions from anywhere in the world
- Real estate companies that want documented communications with contractors, clients and buyers
- Wholesalers who want to enter into new markets
- Investors looking to have leak proof marketing and acquisitions
- Anyone looking to wholesale virtually
- A significant boost in confidence to create a great life for you and your family.
- Tips and tools to maintain a steady flow of income, regardless of external circumstances.
- Knowledge of how to succeed in any market condition.
- An understanding of how to achieve long-term success with solid marketing processes.
- A big boost in confidence to make a great life for you and your family.
- Tips and tools you can use to get a steady flow of money coming in, no matter what's happening out there.
- Learned how to succeed in any market condition.
- Understanding of how to achieve long-term success with solid marketing processes.
- Anyone, regardless of budget, looking for a strong start to avoid common mistakes.
- Business owners who want to have simple processes for their VA's to follow.
- Investors willing to create a steady monthly income to secure the future of their family.
- Those who tried many ways to succeed but still aren't seeing good results.
- Efficient KPI Tracking
- Enhanced Follow Up Process
- Data Driven Decisions
- Fully Integrated With REISift
- Streamlined Sales & Marketing Flow
- Enhanced lead management
- Unorganized Data
- Expensive/Ineffective Tech Stack
- Basic Marketing Approach
- Poor Data Management
- Unorganized Processes
- Refined Direct Mail Strategy
- Clarity In All Business Operations
- Enhanced Team Management
- Strong Lead Management Flow
- Advanced Data Tracking
- Effective Marketing Flow
- Limited Marketing
- Targeting Constraints
- Poor Lead Management
- Difficult Team Management
- Reactive Marketing
- Ineffective Marketing Flow
- Empowered Data Management
- First to Market Strategy
- Automated Processes
- Strategic Focus
- Improved Lead Prioritization
- Enhanced Data Tracking
- Low Level CRM
- Successful But Hitting a Wall
- Missed Opportunities
- Poor Data Management
- Data Driven Decisions
- Full Data Clarity
- Consistent Deal Flow
- Strong Marketing Flow
- Lacked Marketing Clarity
- Difficult Marketing Flow
- Inconsistent Deal Flow
- Strong Lead Management Flow
- Strong Marketing Flow
What changed
Their journey with DataSift wasn't just about adopting a new tool; it sparked a seismic change in their operational outlook. The integration brought coherence to their once-fragmented processes, paving the way for a more proactive and streamlined workflow. Suddenly, Antione and Alana found themselves equipped with a platform that not only organized their data but also acted as a compass, guiding their strategic decisions.
With newfound clarity, they leveraged the platform's functionalities to categorize leads effectively. DataSift's intuitive interface enabled quick access to essential data points, allowing Antione and Alana to gauge lead potential almost instantly. This revolution in their approach wasn't just about data management; it became a catalyst for targeted marketing, enabling them to tailor their strategies with precision. They were now on the forefront of identifying lucrative opportunities and optimizing their efforts for maximum impact.
"We were no longer juggling multiple platforms; DataSift consolidated everything for us, allowing a more focused and efficient workflow."
The Results
The headline number is time, not dollars. A lead first imported in September 2021 sat unreachable for two years. Within 48 hours of Antione assigning it inside DataSift, the team made contact, ran a process call and an offer call, and locked it up. The seller declined the cash offer, so they re-offered as a novation and signed the contract at 8:30 at night. Several buyer offers were already in hand on camera, pacing toward roughly double their typical assignment fee.
Before: two years of direct mail, ringless voicemail, SMS, and cold calling on one record with zero contact. After: one coordinated 48-hour push inside a single system. The partnership runs on $1,500 to $2,000 a month in overhead, and the leads they chased longest now come off the top of their own dashboard.
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