Cold Call X
A two-page PDF to keep next to the phone while you call the homes around a listing: five circle prospecting scripts (just listed, open house, under contract, just sold and a between-listings market update) and four objection responses, taken word for word from the circle prospecting guide, plus a log for the ring and the next step. No email address, no sign-up.
Download the circle prospecting call sheet (PDF, 2 pages, about 55 KB)
What is on the sheet
| Page | What it holds | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The first 10 seconds: who you are, why this street, what is in it for the homeowner | Before every dial, until it is automatic |
| 1 | Four event scripts: just listed, open-house invitation, under contract, just sold | Matched to the milestone on the anchor property |
| 1 | The market-update script | Between listings, with a neighborhood number you pulled that morning |
| 2 | Four objection responses: "We're not moving", "How did you get my number?", "Just send me something", "Take me off your list" | The first sentence out of your mouth when the objection lands |
| 2 | The listing-to-closing cadence and a ring log: anchor property, list source and scrub date, the homeowner's exact words, the agreed callback | Fill it in during the ten seconds after you hang up |
The scripts are excerpts, not rewrites. The full guide explains what circle prospecting is, whether it works, where to get circle lists and the calling rules, and it is the accessible version of everything on the PDF.
How to run a circle prospecting block with it
- Pick one anchor and one event. Write the address, the milestone and the date at the top of page 2. Your own listing or sale is the most credible anchor.
- Build a small ring and scrub it. Start with 25 to 50 nearby homes you can actually follow up with. Remove your own do-not-call list and any number on the National Do Not Call Registry, and write the scrub date on the sheet (see below).
- Read the script for that event once, then put it down. Say the address and the event, ask one question, and stop talking.
- Replace every placeholder ({Name}, {Address}, {Day}, {Neighborhood}, {Number}) with true details, and only quote sales you can name the street for.
- Log before the next dial. Outcome, the homeowner's exact words and the callback they agreed to. "Maybe next spring" with no date written down is a wasted call.
- Call the same ring at the next milestone. Under contract and just sold are new reasons to call; the best time to cold call guide covers when homeowners pick up, and the calling hours guide has the legal windows by state.
Is circle prospecting legal?
Yes, with the Do Not Call rules in force. When the National Association of Realtors asked the FCC for an exemption, the FCC held that calls by real estate agents to property owners to offer their services are telephone solicitations, while a call made only on behalf of a buyer you represent is not (FCC 05-28, paragraph 15). A nearby listing is a reason to call, not an exemption. The mechanics are in 47 CFR 64.1200: calls to homes only between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. in the homeowner's local time, a National Do Not Call Registry copy no more than 31 days old, your own internal do-not-call list, and no prerecorded voicemail without prior express written consent. The guide's calling-rules section walks through each point.
Checked October 17, 2026. This is general information, not legal advice. Talk to your broker or an attorney about your own obligations.
Work the ring on iPhone
The sheet covers what to say. The hard part of circle prospecting is the fourth touch: remembering which neighbors already said no, who asked for a call after the open house, and who said "call me in the spring". Cold Call X is a power dialer and private CRM for iPhone: import the ring from a CSV, Excel file or Google Sheet, call one homeowner at a time from your own number, tap the outcome, and the follow-up schedules itself. No Answer, Voicemail and Interested put the lead back on the Follow-ups list, a Callback fires an alert at the time the homeowner named, and Not Interested or Wrong Number ends the sequence. It does not scrub the National Do Not Call Registry for you. The follow-up cadence guide explains the spacing; the real estate page shows the workflow.
