Switching from InvestorBase to Deal Run: What to Know
Export your buyers from InvestorBase to CSV before your billing period or trial ends, then import them into Deal Run with a tag per market. InvestorBase says it exports search results and buyer lists to CSV for your CRM, dialer or outreach tools. The trade is real: InvestorBase offers a 10-million-plus buyer database and buyer portfolios, and Deal Run costs $99 a month against $199 to $299. Prices are as of October 30, 2026.
What InvestorBase says you can export
Its homepage says search results and buyer lists export to CSV. Do it from inside your account while you still have access: the free trial can be cancelled without charge, but access ends when the trial ends. Open the file and look at the column headers before you import, since your layout depends on what InvestorBase puts in it.
What may not travel: anything beyond rows in a CSV, such as the buyer portfolio view showing each buyer's flips and rentals with profit and equity. Deal Run's import also drops notes, status, mailing address and purchase history, so keep the full export file.
What you give up, and what you get
InvestorBase's strengths are plain: every plan includes the 10-million-plus buyer database, free skip tracing and nationwide access, and it advertises an in-house algorithm for finding the owners behind LLCs. It also lists a dispo CRM, deal landing pages with offer tracking, MLS-backed comps including non-disclosure states, and CRM, SMS and dialer integrations. A 14-day trial asked for a card up front when we signed up on September 20, 2026.
What Deal Run offers instead is a lower price and, on the same deal as the buyer search, an AI repair estimate from the photos, a max offer and the blast.
How the import works
Upload the CSV and match columns to Investor / Entity Name, First Name, Last Name, Phone, Email, Company and Investor Type. Missing an entity column? Deal Run names the buyer from first and last name, then company, then email. One optional tag applies to all buyers in that upload, which is why a file per market works well: tag the Dallas file "dallas", the Phoenix file "phoenix", and pick by tag on the blast screen. Names already on your list are skipped, not updated.
Active deals are typed in by address; there is no deal CSV. Photos upload directly or come from a shared Google Drive, Dropbox, Google Photos or iCloud link, 100 per deal at most.
Migration steps
- Export your buyer lists from InvestorBase, one file per market if you work several.
- Check the headers so you know which column maps to which field.
- Import each file with its market tag.
- Re-enter live deals by address and add photos.
- Search each deal for local buyers to add names your old list did not have.
- Cancel InvestorBase once a blast has gone out from Deal Run.
InvestorBase and Deal Run side by side
| Feature | InvestorBase | Deal Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $299/mo monthly, $249/mo quarterly ($747 per 3 months), $199/mo annual ($2,388) | Analyze $29/mo; Analyze + Sell $99/mo ($83/mo annual, $999) |
| Trial | 14 days, card up front | None; pay per deal from $2 |
| Buyer data | 10-million-plus buyer database, all 50 states | Local landlords and flippers who recently bought near each property, from purchase records |
| Buyer history | Buyer portfolios with flips, rentals, profit and equity | Local buyers ranked for each deal |
| Skip tracing | Free, included | Free on Analyze + Sell, 100 skip-traced buyers per deal |
| Deal pages | Landing pages with offer tracking | Deal page; tracked links show who viewed it |
| Comps | MLS-backed, including non-disclosure states | MLS-grade sold and rental comps, ARV, repair estimate, max offer |
| Outreach | CRM, SMS and dialer integrations | Email and text blast from your own Gmail and number; Zapier push to your CRM |
| Limits | None listed on its pricing page | 15 disposition deals a month, 100 buyers per deal |
The math
Monthly to monthly, $299 minus $99 is $200 a month saved. Annual to annual, $2,388 minus $999 is $1,389 a year. InvestorBase quarterly ($249 a month) against Deal Run monthly saves $150 a month. Deal Run's 15 deals a month and 100 buyers per deal are limits InvestorBase's page does not list, so count how many deals you really sell.
Doing this in Deal Run
Deal Run is our product. Your exported buyers come in tagged by market and the Find Buyers search tops them up for each new address, with skip tracing turning the owner of record, LLC or not, into a phone number and email to try. When you email and text blast, emails leave your Gmail and texts leave your number. Texting rules apply to your list too, so scrub before you send.
Related articles
- Deal Run vs InvestorBase
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- InvestorBase pricing breakdown
- How InvestorBase works
- How skip tracing works
- Importing and exporting contacts
Questions people ask
Can I export my buyer list from InvestorBase?
InvestorBase says you can export search results and buyer lists to CSV for your CRM, dialer or outreach tools. Export while you still have access, since access ends when the trial ends.
What won't carry over to Deal Run?
Deal Run's import skips notes, status, mailing address and purchase history, and a buyer whose name is already on your list is skipped. Deals are re-entered by address.
How much would I save moving from InvestorBase?
$200 a month comparing monthly plans ($299 vs $99), $1,389 a year annual to annual ($2,388 vs $999), or $150 a month against InvestorBase quarterly.
What does InvestorBase do that Deal Run doesn't list?
It offers a 10-million-plus buyer database in all 50 states, buyer portfolios with profit and equity, and CRM, SMS and dialer integrations.
Sources
- InvestorBase pricing, checked October 30, 2026
- InvestorBase homepage and FAQ, checked October 30, 2026