A limb that damages a tenant's car or roof, or injures someone, can mean a claim, and the landlord carries the exposure.
Tree service play · Landlord marketing
Tree service for landlords who need hazard trees handled without the headache.
Rental owners worry about liability from falling limbs and want one arborist across every property. Spur finds absentee owners with older rentals on mature lots, writes a direct card, and mails it to the owner's real address.
Free forever plan · No card · 20 property searches a month
USPSFirst-Class
Stuart BealePO Box 6015Overland Park, KS 66212Scan to request a rental tree assessment
Stuart B. scanned your rental tree card · 4 min ago
AI-written for this owner · Mailed in 2 days
1 weektypical turnaround for rental tree work
Absenteecards go to the owner's mailing address
One invoiceeven across multiple properties
The problem
Tree problems on rentals are cheap to prevent and expensive to ignore.
Insurers may ask about known hazard trees, and documented assessments protect the owner.
Absentee owners live elsewhere. Mailing the rental reaches the tenant, not the decision maker.
How it works
From list to mailbox in one workflow.
Five steps from a rental owner list to a recurring portfolio account.
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See it in Spur
A landlord list in Spur
Sample Kansas City-area absentee owners with two or more rentals on mature lots. Names are partly masked.
Counties Jackson + JohnsonAbsentee owner2+ rentalsLot 0.2+ acSkip-traced mailing address
- Stuart B.PO Box 6015, Overland Park KS5 rentals · built 1955–1985AbsenteeMature lots
- Plaza Holdings LLC4200 Main St, Kansas City9 rentals · built 1948–1978LLCOlder stock
- Nell & Cass R.7110 State Line Rd, Prairie Village2 rentals · built 1962Absentee
- Brookside Property Mgmt6300 Wornall Rd, Kansas City15 rentals · built 1950–1990Property manager
- Vince T.9020 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park3 rentals · built 1970–1985Absentee
AI draft for Stuart B. · PO Box 6015, Overland Park
Hi Stuart,
A dead limb over a tenant's roof or car is the kind of problem that costs far more after it falls than before.
We walk your rentals, document what we find with photos, and prune or remove only what needs it. You get a fixed price and one invoice, even across several properties. We're ISA-certified and fully insured.
Scan the code to request an assessment.
Colt Rivers · Midwest Arbor Services · (816) 555-0123
Sample data for illustration. Your results depend on your market and filters.
Playbook
What landlords need from a tree service
A landlord wants tree risk to be managed quietly, documented, and affordable. That means an arborist who walks the property, notes problem trees with photos, performs only needed work, and sends one invoice. Documentation matters as much as the work: a record of assessments helps with insurance questions and demonstrates reasonable care if a limb ever falls.
Liability is the urgency. A large dead limb above a parking space or a leaning tree near a roof is a known hazard, and known hazards leave owners exposed. Landlords respond to cards that name this risk plainly, without exaggeration, and offer a quick, documented fix.
Portfolio accounts are the prize. An owner with five rentals needs annual walk-throughs, occasional pruning, and storm cleanup. A standing agreement with priority response and fixed pricing turns one-off jobs into recurring revenue and makes you the first call after a storm.
Reach the owner, not the tenant. Absentee owners are best reached at their mailing address through skip tracing. Spur routes cards to the owner's real address and separates LLCs and managers into their own lists with their own messages.
Keep communication light. Landlords don't want to coordinate with tenants or visit the property. Offer to schedule directly with the tenant, send photos when the job is done, and bill once.
9×+return on a year of Spur Team from one landlord account
One portfolio account is worth years of Spur.
- Spur Team: $49/mo billed annually = $588/yr
- 800 landlord cards on Team at $0.94 each = $752
- 1 portfolio account (~$4,500/yr) plus 1 removal (~$2,500) ≈ $7,000
Example math. Account size and response vary. Run your own numbers →
One tool, not four
Spur vs. the usual landlord outreach
What you needThe usual waySpur
Skip-traced owner mailing addressesMail to the rental, reaching tenants✓ Built in
Targets owners with multiple rentalsEveryone in the zip✓ Built in
Portfolio plan offer on the cardOne-off job pitch✓ Built in
Scan alerts tell you who wants a planNo visibility✓ Built in
Mailed in 2 daysWeeks with a print vendor✓ Built in
Landlord Marketing by the numbers
Why landlords are a recurring source of tree work
~44M
renter households in the U.S., many in single-family and small multifamily homes
ISA
certified arborists provide documented tree risk assessments
9×+
return on a year of Spur Team from one landlord account
FAQ
Landlord tree service marketing questions
How do I market tree service to landlords?
Reach absentee owners with multiple older rentals through skip-traced mailing addresses, and lead with liability, documentation, and one invoice.
Should I mail the property manager or the owner?
Both. Spur flags management companies and owners separately, and you can send each a different card.
What should the offer be?
An annual walk-through with photos, fixed pricing, one invoice, and priority storm response.
Can I schedule directly with tenants?
Yes, if the owner agrees. Offer it on the card, because many landlords want zero coordination.
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