Motivated Seller Leads

Outranking We Buy Ugly Houses, HomeVestors, and Clever Offers in top 10 housing markets and beyond.

High-intent search leads, seven days a week, on infrastructure you own.

Impression share last 30 days: You 30.71%, webuyuglyhouses 19.94% Top of page rate this month: You 83.02%, webuyuglyhouses 80.05%

Impression share and top of page rate, Milwaukee/GB

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126
Distressed Acquisitions
1,000+
Seller Conversations
#1
Profit Margin, Central FL 2015-2017
30.95%
Conv. Rate, Last 30 Days

The ads convert because we know what motivates distressed sellers.

Break free from averages.

You can find these same numbers on a lot of websites, including our competitors. These numbers are fine, for most people and agencies.

2x
The "Fully Optimized" Benchmark

Industry Benchmarks

Click-to-conversion rate, motivated seller Google Ads campaigns

Average motivated seller PPC

8 - 12%

Fully optimized campaigns

15%+

Source: Published industry benchmarks for motivated seller PPC campaigns.

We figured out how the algorithm works right now, in May 2026. We will keep figuring it out, every time it changes. We only want to work with people who want to be number 1 in their market.

Here is how this client is trending.

22.54% conversion rate, all time
All time
0.00%
30.95% conversion rate, last 30 days
Last 30 days
0.00%
47.62% conversion rate, last 14 days
Last 14 days
0.00%

A satisfied client's search campaign.

As we gather new data through continual monitoring, re-indexing, keyword optimization, negative keyword curation, quality score management, bid adjustments, ad variant testing, and landing page refinement, we keep you trending in the right direction as long as you're with us.

Not because the benchmarks are wrong. We set our own standards. Ours is double what other agencies call "fully optimized."

Buyer Psychology

What converts an exhausted seller.

Somewhere in your market right now, a homeowner is typing "sell my house fast" into Google. She's tired. She's behind. She needs this done quickly. In about four seconds, she's going to click on someone's ad.

Will you show up first? Will your ad make her want to click you? Is your website optimized for conversions? Is there anything in your funnel that will speak to her, personally?

Get all of that right and she'll type her situation right into the form.

Our clients have her deciding to fill out the form the second she clicks the ad. 47% of the time this month, as we continue to optimize this account. We get you the conversation. From there, it's up to you.

Holding the top spot above national franchises with years of history in this market.

What we're hearing

"I followed Google's recommendations. Applied them all. My cost went up and my leads went down."
"I'm paying for clicks from people who searched 'homes for sale.' They're buyers, not sellers. My budget is bleeding on keywords that will never convert."
"I hired an agency. They locked me into a 6-month contract. Three months in, nothing to show for it."
"My site looks like every other Carrot site in my market. Same layout. Same stock photo. Same copy. Sellers can't tell me apart."
Under The Hood

Conversion Rate. Impression Share. Top of Page. Size. Quality Score.

Conversion Rate

Is the money you're spending on clicks turning into sellers in your inbox? When your campaign is built right, you'll convert roughly 1 out of every 4 clicks. The other 3 are recoverable too, but that's a bigger conversation.

Impression Share

Impression share is how often your ad shows up when someone searches. You earn it with relevance, ad quality, and conversion-friendly architecture.

Top of Page

Top of page rate is where your ad shows up when Google decides to show it. Top of page means trust. Below the fold means invisible.

Size Matters

Bigger ads get more clicks. We use every tool Google offers to give you this look. Sitelinks, call buttons, image extensions, structured snippets. The ad below uses every asset available. More screen real estate, more clicks, more conversations.

Google Ad with sitelinks and image extensions

Quality Score

Google rates every keyword in your account from 1 to 10. That number contributes to whether your ad shows, where it shows, and what you pay per click.

QS 1050% less per click
QS 944% less
QS 837% less
QS 729% less
QS 617% less
QS 5Baseline
QS 425% more per click
QS 367% more per click

36% of all Google Ads keywords sit at 5 or below. We move yours fast.

Get all five right and you compound. The higher your conversion rate, the more often Google serves you on that keyword. It all works together. When you're locked in, lead flow grows, lead quality goes up, cost per lead drops. One leak and you're not getting all you're paying for.

The Images Sellers Click On

Seller leaning on sold sign

She's leaning on the post like the sale is holding her up. Distressed sellers recognize themselves before they read a word. The custom sign carries the brand without naming it.

Seller walking into sunset

She's walking toward trees, a horizon, calm. The image suggests the sale is the door out of the situation behind her. Sellers click on what they want to feel.

Case Study

sellmyhousewisconsin.com

A Wisconsin operator was paying up to $450 per lead from third-party vendors in the Eastern Wisconsin market. Vendor leads ran as high as $1,000 each. 80% of his leads from one vendor never answered the phone. The ones who did denied filling out a form. He was closing every real seller who showed up. The vendors just couldn't produce enough volume to hit his budget.

The campaign launched December 5, 2025. Within weeks, the system started outperforming the vendors on every metric. By March, the operator held #1 impression share in his market, ahead of national franchises with years of history in the space. Conversion rate holds 22.54% all-time, 30.95% over the last 30 days, and 47.62% over the last 14 days, against published benchmarks of 15%+ for a "fully optimized" motivated seller PPC campaign.

Today, the operator is at $88.16 per lead blended across all campaigns over the most recent 14-day window. Milwaukee Metro search leads are running at $152 per lead in the same period. Per Zillow, Milwaukee ranks among the top 10 hottest US housing markets, which puts it among the highest CPL markets for motivated seller leads. He used to pay $450 for the same caliber of lead. He owns the campaign, the website, the data, and the brand.

One Full Stack client per market. Two companies can't be #1.

What We Build

Diagnose. Build. Partner.

01

The Diagnostic

A discovery call to understand your operation, your market, and what you're working with right now. With your screen share, we walk your account live, identify every leak draining your budget, and document what we find. You get a written diagnosis of what's broken, what's possible, and a custom proposal mapped to your goals.

02

The Build

Your headlines, descriptions, callouts, sitelinks, and more written with the style that has helped clients burst through the ceiling of what they thought possible when they started. 300+ negative keywords curated to your market. A custom landing page built from scratch for your brand on enterprise edge-level hosting for speed, not another Carrot template every investor in your market is using. You own the code, the domain, the data, and the campaign.

03

The Partnership

Once it's live, we don't set it and forget it. Weekly negative keyword curation against your live search terms. Bid adjustments as the data comes in. Quality scores monitored and improved. New ad variants tested against existing performers. Landing page refinement. Monthly reports show what changed and why. The system gets cheaper every month because we are actively managing it. We stack continuous improvements on top of one another as your campaign matures.

Free Diagnostic Call

Get the operator's read on your account.

You walk away with a clear picture of what your campaign looks like after we build it. No charge for the call. No commitment after it.

Get ready for

  • Find your leaks and wasted ad spend
  • A custom proposal mapped to your goals
  • A roadmap to leads waiting for YOUR call

Got it. Talk soon.

We'll be in touch within 24 hours.

Frequently Asked

Questions.

Who actually runs my campaigns?

Jay Holland. The operator who built the system. You talk to me, not a sales rep handing you off to a junior. When you have a question, you call me directly. When something needs to change in the campaign, I make the change.

I've been burned by agencies before. Why is this different?

Most agencies are running 2019 playbooks against a 2026 algorithm. The campaigns leak budget by design. The system on this site was built fresh, by an operator who's had 1,000+ conversations with motivated sellers and 126 distressed property acquisitions. The copy comes from the seller side of the table. That's why it converts.

What markets do you work in?

Anywhere in the US we don't have a Full Stack client.

Do you require a long-term contract?

No 12-month lock-ins. We work in defined phases tied to scope. Audit, build, optimize. You can stop after any phase. We earn the next phase by delivering on the current one.

Will I own my Google Ads account and all the data?

Yes. You own the account, the campaigns, the conversion history, and the data. Always. We get manager-level access to operate it. If we ever part ways, you walk with everything intact. No transfer fees, no holding your account hostage, no resetting your quality scores.

What's the difference between you and pay-per-lead vendors?

Pay-per-lead vendors sell you leads from campaigns they own. You rent. We build the campaign, the website, and the conversion architecture for your brand. You own the pipeline. Every lead is yours, every return visit is yours, every dollar of equity in the brand is yours. Pay-per-lead is a subscription. What we build is an asset.

Do you guarantee results?

Quality score, impression share, and top of page rate are inputs the agency controls. Speed to lead, closing skill, and market knowledge are inputs you control. When both sides execute, the math produces more leads for less money.

How long until I see results?

Day one, your campaign is structurally better than it was. First signals in days. Google's algorithm needs a short window to learn from a properly structured campaign. Typically 7 to 14 days. That's when the build starts paying off.

What does this cost?

Depends on your market and your goals. The discovery call gives me what I need to scope it. After that, you get a custom proposal, fully optimized for your market, your volume targets, and your timeline. No surprise fees. No retainer that creeps up over time. You see the full scope and the full investment before you commit.

From The Inbox

Client was previously paying $450 per lead for high-motivation search leads in this ultra-competitive market.

Client text: $152 per lead for the past 14 days, that's awesome man. Reply explains the campaign is capped tight, bidding only for the absolute best searches at 33% conversion. Follow-up text: client replies Great job after seeing the cap-and-bid strategy.

Names redacted.

Plain English

PPC, plain English.

What it actually is

People who want to sell their house quickly type something like "sell my house fast" into Google. Your ad shows up in the search results. If your ad and your website are built right, they click and fill out a form. You call them. You make offers. You close deals. The whole thing happens because they came to you, not because you found them.

These are the best possible leads because they're in a situation that's pushing them to move quickly and they're actively searching for a fast sale. They already know they'll have to take a discount. You don't have to send 1,000 mailers or make 1,000 cold calls to find them. They're already looking for you.

How it's different from vendor leads

Lead vendors use a mix of different sources to generate leads, including Facebook forms, skip-traced contact databases, and partner sites. Their goal is often volume over quality. They need a lot of leads to sell to a lot of investors.

When you run your own ads, you cut out the middle man. The seller sees your ad, lands on your website, and learns about you while they're waiting for you to call. By the time you call, they already know who you are.