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Google Voice Integration

Google Voice is the most common starting phone setup for solo wholesalers. It's free, it gives you a real phone number that isn't your personal cell, and it works on every device you already own. If you're just getting started and you're not ready to pay for RingCentral or OpenPhone yet, Google Voice is a fine first step — but there are two caveats you need to understand before you rely on it for deal marketing.

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Two caveats before you start

Caveat 1: Google Voice is not a business SMS platform. Google Voice will let you send texts, but it is not 10DLC-registered, it rate-limits outbound SMS aggressively, and it will silently drop messages if Google's spam filters think you're doing marketing. If you send the same template to 20 investors in a row, a meaningful percentage will never see it. For one-off conversational texts to an investor who just opened your email, Google Voice is fine. For blast SMS, use OpenPhone.

Caveat 2: TCPA still applies. Google Voice looks free and friendly, but the FCC does not care what tool you used — cold-texting investors from an unregistered number still carries TCPA risk. Deal Run's Searchbug integration flags DNC and TCPA litigators before you ever see them, but the legal responsibility is yours. Stick to warm follow-ups from Google Voice. Use OpenPhone or a real 10DLC-registered line for first-touch blasts.

Step 1: Get a Google Voice number

  1. Go to voice.google.com and sign in with a personal Gmail account (not a Workspace account — Workspace Voice is a separate paid product).
  2. Pick a number. Google Voice lets you search by area code — use your market's area code so investors see a local number.
  3. Verify an existing phone number (your cell) as the forwarding destination. Google Voice requires this so it can route inbound calls to a real phone.
Screenshot: Google Voice number selection page

Step 2: Add your Google Voice number to Deal Run

  1. Open Deal Run and click Account in the sidebar.
  2. Scroll to Dispo Profile.
  3. Enter your Google Voice number in the Phone field.
  4. Click outside the field to save.

This makes your Google Voice number the caller ID on your marketing pages, PDFs, and email signatures. When an investor sees a deal page and wants to call, they call your Google Voice number, which rings your cell via forwarding.

Screenshot: Deal Run Dispo Profile phone field

Step 3: Calling investors from your phone (Google Voice)

The phone-first workflow depends on which mobile OS you're on:

On Android

  1. Install the Google Voice app and sign in.
  2. Open Voice > Settings > Making and receiving calls and set calls to go through Voice.
  3. Set Google Voice as your default calling app: Settings > Apps > Default apps > Phone app > Google Voice.
  4. Now in the Deal Run mobile app, tap Call on an investor card — the call places through your Voice number automatically.

On iPhone

Apple doesn't let third-party apps register as the system dialer, so tel:// taps always open the native Phone app. The workaround:

  1. Install the Google Voice app and sign in.
  2. In the Deal Run mobile app, go to Sell > Outreach on a deal.
  3. On the investor card, long-press the phone number to copy it (or tap the copy icon).
  4. Switch to the Google Voice app, paste into the dialer, tap call. Voice rings your forwarded phone and connects the call through your Voice number.
  5. Switch back to Deal Run and tap Log Call.

This is one extra tap compared to OpenPhone or RingCentral, which is why we suggest upgrading to a real business phone if Google Voice starts to feel slow. For 5–10 calls a day it's fine; for 30+ it adds up.

Working from a laptop instead

If you really want to work from a laptop, keep voice.google.com open in a browser tab next to Deal Run and paste numbers from one into the other. tel:// clicks on desktop do not open Google Voice — Google never shipped a system-level handler for those links — so the paste step is unavoidable.

Step 4: Texting investors from Google Voice

Google Voice texts work fine for one-off conversational messages. To send one:

  1. In Deal Run, click Text on an investor card.
  2. Deal Run opens the draft modal with an AI-written first message.
  3. Click the Copy button — the message is copied to your clipboard.
  4. Open voice.google.com in another tab, click Messages, paste, and send.

On iPhone, Deal Run's sms:// click-to-text links open iMessage instead of Google Voice — Apple does not let third-party apps register as the default SMS handler. On Android, if you set Google Voice as your default messaging app in Voice settings, sms:// links will open in Google Voice.

When to upgrade from Google Voice

Google Voice is the right tool if you're sending fewer than 5–10 texts a day and mostly doing warm follow-ups. Upgrade to a real business phone when any of the following become true:

  • You're sending first-touch blasts to investor lists (>10 at a time)
  • You notice your texts not being delivered (Google Voice silent drops)
  • You have a team and need shared inboxes
  • You want call recording, voicemail transcription, or IVR routing
  • You're doing enough volume that a 10DLC-registered number would reduce your TCPA exposure

At that point, move to OpenPhone (easiest, starts around $15/mo) or RingCentral (more features, more expensive).

Troubleshooting

My Google Voice texts aren't being delivered

Google silently filters outbound SMS it thinks is spam. Symptoms: the text shows as sent in your Voice inbox but the investor never replies and has no record of receiving it. Causes: you sent the same template to too many people in a short window, you used spammy phrases ("ACT NOW", "CASH BUYER"), or your Google account has been flagged. Fix: use OpenPhone for any first-touch outreach, keep Google Voice for replies and warm conversations only.

Investors can't call my Google Voice number

Google Voice numbers don't work with all international calling plans and some corporate PBX systems block them. If investors report calls not going through, pair Google Voice with a 10-digit forwarding rule to your cell so they always have a fallback.

Google Voice shows my personal cell as the caller ID

Open voice.google.com > Settings > Calls and set "Make and receive calls" to Prefer Wi-Fi and mobile data instead of "Prefer carrier." Otherwise Google routes through your cell carrier and uses your personal caller ID.

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