Category check
Three products, two audiences.
REDX and Espresso Agent position their FRBO products for real-estate agents converting landlords into listing or investor clients. Neither vendor markets its FRBO product to property management companies on the pages we reviewed. Obsidian works the other way: it exists only for property managers acquiring rental owners, and it sells a scoped workflow rather than a subscription list.
That difference matters more than the price gap. A list subscription hands you daily contact rows and leaves sourcing evidence, territory rules, suppression, qualification, and CRM routing to you. A scoped workflow is priced higher because those steps are the product. Neither approach is wrong; they solve different problems, and the honest comparison is which problem you actually have. The FRBO leads guide covers what a property-manager-grade FRBO record should contain.
Side by side
Published pricing and stated scope.
Prices below are from each vendor's public pricing pages as of July 21, 2026.
| REDX FRBO Leads | Espresso Agent | Obsidian Property Intelligence | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Real-estate agents and teams prospecting landlords and investors. | Real-estate agents; FRBO is bundled as "FRBO/Investor Leads." | Property management companies acquiring rental owners. |
| Published price | $59.99 per month for the standalone FRBO lead type; bundles from $199 to $349 per month, with the dialer included from the $299 tier up. | No FRBO-only product. Cheapest plan that includes FRBO leads is Basic at $199 per month (leads + dialer + CRM). | Typically starts around $449 per month for a scoped Starter intelligence layer; final price set on a scope review. |
| What you get | Daily FRBO lead rows delivered into the Vortex platform: phone numbers cross-checked against DNC, emails, filters, property and owner insights. | Daily FSBO and FRBO/investor leads inside an agent dialer and CRM bundle with call transcription. | A defined-market owner queue with source evidence, territory and asset filters, ownership context, screening, and optional scoped outreach and CRM handoff. |
| Delivery | Inside REDX's Vortex lead-management platform. | Inside Espresso Agent's own dialer and CRM. | Reviewable queue plus scoped handoff to LeadSimple, HubSpot, or Pipedrive. |
| Compliance statements | States FRBO numbers are cross-checked against DNC. | As of July 2026, we found no company-voiced DNC statement on the public pages we reviewed; the site mentions "whitelisted numbers." | Suppression and screening are defined in the written scope; suppression alone is not treated as blanket legal compliance. |
| Property-manager fit notes | Filters out rentals already managed by property management firms, so the feed skews to self-managed owners. Positioning, scripts, and CRM are agent-centric. | Whole-bundle purchase with no list-only option; the bundled CRM is built for agent listing workflows, and we found no published handoff path into PM software on the pages we reviewed. | Built for the PM use case, but it is a scoped service, not an instant self-serve list, and it costs more than a list subscription. |
Sources: REDX FRBO product page, REDX pricing, Espresso Agent FRBO page, Espresso Agent pricing, and the Obsidian packages page. All third-party facts were read on July 21, 2026.
Honest fit
Who should pick what.
Category first, price second.
Pick REDX if...
You are an agent, or a property manager who wants the cheapest possible daily feed of self-managed-owner phone numbers and is prepared to do all territory filtering, evidence-keeping, qualification, and CRM work yourself inside or out of Vortex.
Pick Espresso Agent if...
You are a real-estate agent who wants leads, a dialer, and a CRM in one subscription and will live inside that system. There is no list-only product, so it is rarely the right shape for a property management team with an existing CRM.
Pick Obsidian if...
You run a property management company and want a defined-territory owner queue with source evidence, screening, and accountable handoff into LeadSimple, HubSpot, or Pipedrive — and you would rather buy the workflow than staff it. Start with a scope review.
What no vendor on this page can promise, including Obsidian: signed doors, appointment volume, or owner intent. An FRBO listing is evidence of rental activity, not proof the owner wants to hire anyone.
Comparison questions
Common questions about these options.
Is REDX or Espresso Agent built for property managers?
Not by their own positioning. Both market FRBO data to real-estate agents; on the pages we reviewed in July 2026, neither markets an FRBO product to property management companies. Property managers do use agent-oriented lists for owner prospecting, but the scripts, CRM, and workflow assumptions are agent-shaped.
Why is Obsidian more expensive than an FRBO list subscription?
Because it is a different category. A list subscription delivers rows; Obsidian's Starter layer delivers a defined-market, evidence-backed, screened owner queue, and higher tiers add scoped outreach and CRM routing. If you only want raw rows, a list subscription is genuinely cheaper.
Do these prices stay current?
No. Vendor pricing changes without notice. The figures here were read from redx.com and espressoagent.com on July 21, 2026 and from Obsidian's own packages page; always confirm on the vendor's live pricing page.
Does buying a DNC-scrubbed list make outreach compliant?
No. Suppression is one safeguard. Channel, purpose, consent, jurisdiction, current rules, and caller behavior still matter, whoever supplies the data. None of this page is legal advice.