Ugly House Finder vs PropertyRadar in short
PropertyRadar is a list building and monitoring platform with strong foreclosure data and the lowest metered contact pricing in this category. Ugly House Finder scores visible physical condition from imagery. PropertyRadar tells you a property entered pre-foreclosure. We tell you the roof is failing. Investors who run both build the list there and rank it here.
Side by side
| Ugly House Finder | PropertyRadar | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $49/mo (Property Scout, 300 points) | $119/mo (Solo, 1 user; $99/mo billed annually) |
| What the price meters | Points, metered by scan area and skip traces | Per seat, metered by exports and monitored properties |
| Coverage | 72.6 million or more parcels mapped. Visual scoring runs anywhere Street View reaches, and where imagery is thin a property still gets a Census-tract context score plus records-based motivation signals. Owner records and county-scale lead lists cover 1,776 counties across 45 states | Nationwide county records. Total record count not published on their pricing page |
| Visible physical condition scored from imagery | Yes. Every scanned parcel scored for visible distress | No imagery-based condition score published |
| Nightly violation, permit and tax-delinquency monitoring | Yes. 33 markets checked nightly | Monitors 10,000 to 50,000 properties for record changes depending on tier, though not code violations or permits |
| Cost per skip-traced contact | 10 points per property, which is $1.63 on Property Scout, $0.99 on Deal Hunter and $0.75 on Market Dominator | 8 cents per contact, the lowest metered per-contact rate in this comparison |
| Lead export cost | Free. Unlimited PDF and CSV downloads on every plan | 10,000 monthly exports on Solo |
| Free trial | 7 days, 100 points, full feature access | 5 days |
Pricing and features for PropertyRadar were read from their own public pricing page. Figures are as of July 2026.
What PropertyRadar does better
- Charges 8 cents a contact, the lowest metered per-contact rate of any tool on this page.
- Allows unlimited views, saves and imports on every plan, with no cap on looking.
- Monitors 10,000 to 50,000 properties for changes depending on tier, which is deeper list monitoring than we offer.
- Goes further on foreclosure and pre-foreclosure data than we do, including relatives lookup at 20 cents a contact.
- Offers integrations on every tier and API access on Business.
What Ugly House Finder adds
- Scores the visible physical condition of a house from street-level and aerial imagery, so you can rank a list by what the properties actually look like.
- Monitors 33 markets nightly for new code violations, building permits and tax delinquency.
- Charges nothing for lead exports. Download every saved property as PDF or CSV on any plan.
- Starts at $49 a month, which is less than half the entry price of any tool on this page.
Where condition scoring falls short
Visual scoring needs a usable image. In our own Carter County scan, 27 percent of parcels had no street-level imagery at all, and coverage thins out in rural markets. A property without a usable image is not dropped: it still receives a Census-tract context score and any records-based motivation signals we hold, such as tax delinquency, ownership structure or a deceased owner. What it does not get is a visual read on the building itself. That means our measured distress counts are a floor, not a ceiling, and we find imagery coverage is worst in exactly the areas where distress runs highest, so the true number sits somewhat above what we report. Records-based tools do not have this limitation, which is part of why we suggest running both.
How to run both
Build and monitor the list in PropertyRadar, where the foreclosure data and 8 cent contacts are hard to beat. Scan the same addresses with us to sort them by visible condition. Their monitoring tells you when something changes on paper, ours tells you what the house looks like when it does.
Add condition data to the stack you already run, from $49 a month.
What you cannot buy from PropertyRadar at any price
County-scale scans done for you. Every tool on this page is self-serve search. Tell us the county and we will scan it and hand back a ranked list.
Estate Watch. Weekly deceased-owner alerts matched to parcels in your county. Deceased owner is the strongest motivation signal we track and the window is short, so alerts favour recent deaths. Sold per county with limited availability.
Portfolio Watch. Send us a property list you already track and we watch it for ownership changes, new distress signals and status changes, on a schedule.
Tell us the county and we will quote it.
Common questions about Ugly House Finder and PropertyRadar
Is Ugly House Finder a PropertyRadar alternative?
They solve different halves. PropertyRadar is stronger at building, monitoring and contacting a list. We are the only one of the two that scores what a property physically looks like. If your list is already good and your problem is prioritising it, we are the addition worth making.
Which is cheaper for skip tracing?
PropertyRadar, clearly. They charge 8 cents a contact as of July 2026. We charge 10 points per property, between 75 cents and $1.63 depending on plan. If you trace in volume, trace in PropertyRadar. We would rather you traced fewer, better-qualified properties.
Does PropertyRadar show property condition?
It surfaces records-based distress signals such as foreclosure status and ownership changes, and it is good at those. It does not score the visible physical condition of the building from imagery.
What does Ugly House Finder add to a PropertyRadar workflow?
A condition score on every parcel you scan, nightly violation and permit monitoring across 33 markets, and free lead exports. Entry price is $49 a month against their $119 Solo plan, as of July 2026.