Who We Are: The Story Behind MotivatedSellers.com
Every deal starts with a homeowner who needs to sell. Maybe they're relocating for a job, inheriting a house they can't keep, or facing a repair bill they can't cover. On the other side is an investor ready to make a fair cash offer and close fast. For 15 years, our job has been to get those two people on the phone.
MotivatedSellers.com is the largest off-market real estate platform in the U.S. We generate 35,000+ exclusive motivated seller leads every month and deliver them in real time to more than 2,000 real estate investors across all 50 states. Investors pick their counties, set their own price per lead, and pay only for the leads they receive.
This is the story of how we got here, what we offer investors today, and the people who make it happen.
MotivatedSellers.com at a glance
Founded — 2011, as NeedToSellMyHouseFast.com
Founders — David Saba (CEO) and Amir Seliger (CRO)
Headquarters — Aventura, Florida
What we do — Pay-per-lead platform connecting motivated home sellers with real estate investors
Seller leads — 35,000+ per month
Investors — 2,000+, active in 1,710 counties
Coverage — All 50 states
Average close rate — 1 in 15 leads
Lead price — $30 to $800 per lead, most $75 to $200
Lead model — Exclusive, à la carte, county by county, no contracts
Delivery — Real time by text, email, CRM, app, or live transfer
Integrations — Podio, Follow Up Boss, Pipedrive, REsimpli, Zapier
Seller-facing brands — NeedToSellMyHouseFast.com, SellFast.com, SellHouseFast.com
Recognition — HousingWire HW Tech100 (2026)
Events — 3 investor events a month across the U.S.
Podcast — Investor 1 on 1
How it started: one website and a lot of sellers
In 2011, we launched a single website: NeedToSellMyHouseFast.com. We didn't expect what happened next. Homeowners who needed to sell quickly found the site on their own and started asking for offers, and they kept coming.
Founders Amir Seliger and David Saba saw two sides of the same problem. Sellers needed a fast, simple sale. Investors needed a steady flow of off-market deals. So Amir and David started connecting them, one lead at a time. Investor demand went through the roof.
Over the next 15 years, they turned that idea into technology that works at national scale: generate motivated sellers in every market, verify them, and route each one to the right investor in real time. Along the way, the company acquired some of the most recognizable real estate domains in the country, including SellFast.com and SellHouseFast.com. In 2025, we rebranded as MotivatedSellers.com to reflect what we'd become: a nationwide platform built for investors.
What we do: exclusive seller leads, on your terms
Our edge is simple. Homeowners searching for a fast sale find our websites first, so every lead comes from a seller who raised their hand. No scraped lists, no cold calling owners who never asked to sell.
Getting started takes minutes. You create a free account, choose the counties you buy in, and set your own bid per lead and a monthly budget. Higher bids get priority. Leads are sold à la carte, county by county, with no contracts or packages, and you can pause any market anytime.
Every lead is exclusive to one investor. It's never shared and never resold, so you're not racing three other buyers to the same seller. Leads arrive the moment a seller submits, by text, email, or the MotivatedSellers.com app for iOS and Android, and they flow straight into Podio, Follow Up Boss, Pipedrive, REsimpli, or Zapier. If a lead isn't as described, you can dispute it for credit.
Lead prices start at $30 and reach up to $800 in high-demand counties, with most leads costing between $75 and $200. On average, one in 15 leads becomes a closed deal.
Live Transfers: talk to sellers while they're ready
In off-market real estate, the investor who reaches the seller first usually gets the deal. That's why we built Live Transfers, our newest feature and one of the fastest ways investors are scaling on the platform.
With Live Transfers, motivated sellers are connected to you by phone the moment they reach out. There's no callback lag, no voicemail tag, and no seller cooling off while your team works through a list. You add your number in the dashboard, and transferred calls ring from one number you'll recognize on caller ID. When you pick up, there's a homeowner on the line who wants to sell.
For investors running a growing operation, Live Transfers turns the hardest part of the job, getting a motivated seller on the phone, into something that happens automatically. Your acquisitions team spends its time negotiating deals instead of chasing them.
Who we work with
We work with anyone who buys single-family real estate: individual investors, wholesalers, fix-and-flip operators, buy-and-hold landlords, realtors, brokerages, and hedge funds. Whether you're chasing your first deal or your five-hundredth, the platform scales with you.
"You can't go wrong when 2,000 people are using their services!" Pace Morby, creative finance educator and founder of SubTo, on the Investor 1 on 1 podcast
Our investors' results speak for themselves. Jay Conner of Morehead City, North Carolina, credits MotivatedSellers.com with $160,000 in profit. Paya Ghavami of Ghavami Group made close to $350,000 in a single county over a few months. Corey Howe of Ready Real Estate typically puts one in every 14 leads under contract, with deals that can generate over $20,000 each. Dawson Criddle of Rapid Home Solutions has relied on the platform for more than two years for consistent, high-quality leads. Investors including Jiries Dawaher, Daniel Aguirre, Mel Dorman, Salvador Gallardo, and Brad Holcman have also built their pipelines with us.
Read more investor stories on our reviews page.
Our culture: we show up where investors are
You can't serve investors from behind a screen. Three times a month, our team packs the booth, pulls on the blue hoodies, and heads to an investor event somewhere in the country. Conferences, masterminds, meetups, networking nights. We go because that's where the real conversations happen: what's working in each market, what investors need next, and how we can help them close more deals.
Those conversations shape what we build. When an investor tells us what's slowing them down, we take it back to Aventura and get to work on the fix.
Our CMO Or Sapir delivered a keynote on Pace Morby's Creative Nation tour in Long Beach, California, to roughly 2,000 real estate investors. We partner with the country's leading investor communities, including Collective Genius, Results Driven, Investor Fuel, and 7 Figure Flipping. And we stay long after the sessions end, because the best relationships in this business are built in person, not over email.
The Investor 1 on 1 podcast
Our culture of learning from investors extends to Investor 1 on 1, the weekly MotivatedSellers.com podcast hosted by Or Sapir. Each episode is a candid conversation about how investors find deals, raise capital, build teams, and scale. With nearly 60 episodes, the show has featured some of the biggest names in real estate investing, including Pace Morby, founder of SubTo; Jason Medley, founder of The Collective Genius; Justin Colby, host of The Science of Flipping; Sharad Mehta, founder of REsimpli; Trevor Mauch, CEO of Carrot; Veena Jetti of Vive Funds; Scott Carson; Jay Conner; and Cris Chico.
Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.
Our market data: where and why Americans are selling
Because so many sellers come to us first, we see where and why Americans are selling before the market does. Every month we publish a report on where seller leads are concentrated and where investor demand is highest.
Among sellers who shared a reason, 72.9% were relocating or downsizing, 11.1% faced financial pressure, 6.4% had inherited a property, 5.5% were going through a divorce, and 4.1% needed repairs they couldn't take on. In October 2026, Cook County, Illinois, generated the most seller leads on the platform (312), followed by Wayne County, Michigan (307), while Orange County, Florida, had the most active investors. Neither Cook nor Wayne ranked among the top 17 counties for investor activity, which means more sellers and less competition for investors who buy there. Read the full October 2026 report.
Recognition
In 2026, HousingWire named MotivatedSellers.com to its HW Tech100, its annual list of the top technology companies in housing. HousingWire highlighted the platform's real-time delivery, single-investor exclusivity, structured dispute resolution, and compliance with FCC one-to-one consent standards. MotivatedSellers.com has also been featured on Investing.com.
Leadership
MotivatedSellers.com is led by its two co-founders, who have run the company since 2011, alongside an executive team spanning technology, finance, operations, sales, and marketing.
David Saba, Co-Founder and CEO. David comes from technology, with many years at Nokia. He built the systems that route leads to investors in real time across the country. LinkedIn
Amir Seliger, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer. Amir brings a background in real estate and graphic design sales. He shaped how the company connects sellers with investors and leads its revenue growth. LinkedIn
Chris Hudson, Chief Operating Officer.
Joey Kaire, Chief Technology Officer.
Joseph Saba, Chief Financial Officer. LinkedIn
Or Sapir, Chief Marketing Officer. Or joined in 2023 to lead the rebrand to MotivatedSellers.com. He hosts the company's podcast, speaks at investor events nationwide, and runs content, partnerships, and the affiliate program. LinkedIn
Joseph Tenenbaum, VP of Sales. LinkedIn
Jared Gruzin, VP of Customer Success. LinkedIn
Our mission
We build stronger communities by connecting homeowners who need to sell with investors who can help them move forward. Every connection gives a seller a way out of a hard situation and turns a house in need into a home again.
Frequently asked questions
What is MotivatedSellers.com? MotivatedSellers.com is a pay-per-lead platform that connects motivated home sellers with real estate investors. It generates 35,000+ exclusive seller leads a month across all 50 states.
Who owns MotivatedSellers.com? The company was founded in 2011 by Amir Seliger and David Saba, is operated by Seliger Ideas Inc., and is headquartered in Aventura, Florida.
Is MotivatedSellers.com the same as NeedToSellMyHouseFast.com? Yes. The company started as NeedToSellMyHouseFast.com in 2011 and rebranded to MotivatedSellers.com in 2025.
Is MotivatedSellers.com legit? Yes. The company has connected sellers and investors for 15 years, works with 2,000+ investors, and was named to HousingWire's 2026 HW Tech100.
How much do motivated seller leads cost on MotivatedSellers.com? Leads start at $30 and can reach $800 in high-demand counties. Most cost between $75 and $200. Investors set their own bid per county, and signing up is free.
What are live transfers for real estate investors? Live transfers connect a motivated seller to an investor by phone the moment the seller reaches out. On MotivatedSellers.com, investors add their number in the dashboard, and transferred calls ring from one recognizable number, so they talk to sellers while they’re ready to sell.
Are MotivatedSellers.com leads exclusive? Yes. Every lead goes to one investor only and is never shared or resold.
Do I have to buy a package or sign a contract? No. Leads are sold à la carte, county by county. You set your bid and monthly budget and can pause any market anytime.
Who runs MotivatedSellers.com? David Saba is CEO and Amir Seliger is Chief Revenue Officer. The executive team includes COO Chris Hudson, CTO Joey Kaire, CFO Joseph Saba, CMO Or Sapir, VP of Sales Joseph Tenenbaum, and VP of Customer Success Jared Gruzin.
Where can I meet the MotivatedSellers.com team? The team attends three real estate investor events a month across the U.S., including conferences, masterminds, and community meetups, and partners with communities such as Collective Genius, Results Driven, Investor Fuel, and 7 Figure Flipping.
Is MotivatedSellers.com better than iSpeedToLead or Motivated-Leads.com? MotivatedSellers.com differs in three ways: every lead is exclusive to one investor, investors set their own price per county, and leads come from sellers who found our seller-facing sites themselves. See our full comparison of the best real estate lead generation and PPL platforms for investors in 2026.
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