How to skip trace a Propwire export.
Every row of a Propwire export has two addresses: the property, and where the owner gets mail. Trace the mailing address, or a call meant for an absentee owner reaches the tenant. Here’s the upload, column by column, and what comes back.
01What the export holds
The columns that matter in a Propwire export.
The export we checked has 43 columns. Most describe the house. A skip trace needs two groups: Owner 1’s name and the Owner Mailing address.
| Propwire columns | What they are | What Tracer does |
|---|---|---|
| Owner 1 First Name, Owner 1 Last Name | The first owner on record | Traced: the person Tracer looks for |
| Owner Mailing Address, City, State, Zip | Where the owner gets mail | Traced: the address Tracer matches the owner at |
| Address, City, State, Zip | The property itself | Kept on the row as the Subject Property Address, for your callers |
| Owner 2 to Owner 4 First Name, Last Name | Co-owners, when there are any | Not read: Tracer traces Owner 1 on each row |
| Everything else: Year Built, Living Square Feet, APN, Owner Occupied, Owner Type, Vacant? and the rest | Propwire’s details on the house and the owner | Not needed for the trace, and not copied into Tracer’s download. Keep your Propwire file for them. |
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02Step by step
From a Propwire export to a call list.
Export
Export the list as a CSV
Export your Propwire list as a CSV file. Leave the columns as they are: Tracer reads Propwire’s column names on its own.
Check
Look at the Owner Mailing columns
Owner Mailing Address, City, State and Zip are where the owner gets mail, and they’re what gets traced. The plain Address, City, State and Zip are the house. Trace the house and you reach whoever lives there, which for a rental is the tenant.
Upload
Upload it to Tracer
Create a free account: your first 100 records are free, no card. On the Trace It Up page, press Upload list(s) and pick the CSV.
Map
Check the column mapping
Before anything runs, Tracer shows which column feeds each field: Owner 1’s name, the Owner Mailing columns as the owner’s address, and Address as the Subject Property Address. Wrong? Pick another column. Save mapping keeps it for your next export.
Phone check
Pick the phone check
The phone check is free by default: the mobile hunt runs on every trace. In Add-ons, turn on Verified (+2¢ a record) if you want a paid live carrier check. Then press Start batch.
Download
Download the file your callers dial
When the batch is done, open it and download a file: the call-ready file holds the owners who came back with a phone number, Phone 1 first; the full file holds every row.
03How the columns map
What the upload screen shows for a Propwire file.
Tracer maps the columns before the batch starts and shows you the result. For a Propwire export it picks these, and you can change any of them.
| Field on the upload screen | Propwire column | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| First name | Owner 1 First Name | The owner traced (Owner 1) |
| Last name | Owner 1 Last Name | The owner traced (Owner 1) |
| Owner mailing street | Owner Mailing Address | The owner’s address: what gets traced |
| Owner city | Owner Mailing City | The owner’s address: what gets traced |
| State | Owner Mailing State | The owner’s address: what gets traced |
| ZIP | Owner Mailing Zip | The owner’s address: what gets traced |
| Subject Property Address | Address, with the plain City, State and Zip | The house, kept on every row of your download |
Owner 1 only. To reach a co-owner, upload a copy of the export with only the rows that have an Owner 2, and point First name and Last name at the Owner 2 columns.
Every row needs a state. A row with an empty Owner Mailing State is skipped before the batch starts, and skipped rows aren’t charged.
LLCs and trusts. A company as Owner 1 is flagged and worked toward a person: someone named in the company’s name, otherwise its mailing address, marked lower confidence. How to find the person behind an LLC.
04What comes back
What a traced row gives your callers.
Phone 1, the best number
The owner’s own cell is ranked first. Phone 1 comes with its line type, the caller name (CNAM) checked against the owner, and a flag against your do-not-call list and ours.
The rest of the record
Phone 2, Phone 3 and the other numbers found, and emails when found. The line type, the CNAM check and the DNC flag are for Phone 1.
Both addresses
Each row keeps the Subject Property Address, the house from your Propwire export, beside the Mailing Address (traced), so callers know which house the call is about.
05Which file for callers
Three downloads, and what each one holds.
On a finished batch’s page, three buttons download three different files. On the Trace It Up list, the first two are Call-ready and Full.
Download call-ready
For your callers
Owners who came back with a phone number, each Phone 1 once. Owners marked deceased are left out, and so are numbers whose caller name (CNAM) is somebody else’s; the owner’s own line and same-surname lines stay. A number with no caller name stays only if it passes a free address check.
Everything
Every row
Every row, misses included, with a Status and a Note on each: every number that came back, for callers who dial past the call-ready rows, and a record of what happened to each owner.
Download misses
For another try
The rows that came back with no phone, as Tracer read them (name, mailing address and property address), each with its reason, ready to upload somewhere else.
06What it costs
One record per row, hit or miss.
Packs come in steps of 1,000 records, start at 1,000 and never expire. Verified is extra: +2¢ a row, from your credit balance.
| Rows in your export | Pack | Price | With Verified (+2¢ a row) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | 1,000 records | $13 | $33 |
| 5,932 | 6,000 records | $67 | $185.64 |
| 10,000 | 10,000 records | $99 | $299 |
A 5,932-row export needs a 6,000-record pack; the 68 records left over stay in your balance. A new account’s first 100 records are free. Owners your account traced in the last 180 days aren’t charged again. See every pack size.
07Real numbers
One investor’s week on Tracer.
A real estate investor customer in September 2026, taken from the weekly report Tracer emailed them. We don’t publish customer names.
Your list will differ, so test it. Fresh lists of owner-occupied homes do best; old lists full of LLCs do worse. Trace 100 records free, no card.
Which address do I skip trace in a Propwire export?
The owner’s mailing address: Owner Mailing Address, Owner Mailing City, Owner Mailing State and Owner Mailing Zip. The plain Address, City, State and Zip are the property. Tracer maps the Owner Mailing columns as the owner’s address on its own, and keeps the property as the Subject Property Address in your download.
Does Tracer trace Owner 2, 3 and 4?
No. Each row is traced once, for Owner 1, and the Owner 2 to 4 columns aren’t read. To trace a co-owner, upload a copy of the export with only the rows that have an Owner 2, and point First name and Last name at the Owner 2 columns in the column mapping.
Do I have to rename Propwire’s columns?
No. Upload the CSV as Propwire exported it. Tracer recognizes Owner 1’s name and the Owner Mailing columns, shows the mapping before anything runs, and lets you pick a different column for any field. Save the mapping to use it again on your next export.
What does it cost to skip trace a Propwire list?
One record per row, hit or miss. A 10,000-row export is $99 (a 10,000-record pack) and a 1,000-row export is $13. Packs never expire. Verified adds 2¢ a row. Your first 100 records are free, no card.
Skip tracing cost, comparedWhat if Owner 1 is an LLC or a trust?
Tracer flags it as a company and works it toward a person: someone named in the company’s name, otherwise the company’s mailing address, marked lower confidence. To find the managers yourself, look the company up in the state business registry.
Find the person behind an LLCWill I pay again for owners I already traced?
Not within 180 days. An owner your account traced in the last 180 days isn’t charged again: the batch reserves credit for every row when it starts and gives those rows back when it finishes, so re-running next month’s Propwire export only costs the new owners.
Does Tracer check the National Do Not Call Registry?
Not as part of the trace. Phone 1 on every row is flagged against your do-not-call list and ours, at no extra charge. That flag isn’t a National Do Not Call Registry check: checking the registry before you call is your job.
The calling rules, cited and dated
Upload your Propwire export.
Tracer reads the Owner Mailing columns on its own and keeps the property on every row. Your first 100 records are free, no card.