Definitions for the 22 terms an investor encounters across the methodology, the sales page, and the live Vision dashboard. Each term links to related terms. For the full operating mechanism, see the methodology page.
Written guarantee: if a partner does not identify at least 10 distressed off-market properties in their territory within 30 days of activation, access extends free until they do. The First Deal Performance Promise™ is part of the base offer at no extra cost.
After-Repair Value. The projected market value of a property after planned repairs and improvements are completed. Used inside the Hot Room workflow to compute Maximum Allowable Offer.
Any data vendor that aggregates public records and resells them as a list. Examples: PropStream, BatchLeads, ListSource. Aggregator data carries 30–90 days of latency between record filing and list availability.
Our scoring methodology. Several different distress signals are weighed together to produce a single 0–100 ranking per property. The exact signal list and weighting are proprietary and not published.
The structural delay between when a distress signal is filed at the courthouse and when it appears on a commercial list. Typically 30 to 90 days. The fundamental problem the First-Mover Acquisition Protocol™ exists to solve.
A 0–100 ranking assigned to every tracked Michigan property by the REI Brain Distress Engine. Higher scores indicate higher likelihood that the property will become an off-market acquisition opportunity in the near future.
The full system documented at firstmover.bestchoice-411.com. Combines live FOIA interception, REI Brain compound distress scoring, automated enrichment, and a 5-room execution environment. Sold as a territory-exclusive operator license — 1 partner per county, 5 new partners per month.
The third step of the protocol pipeline. Highest-scored properties surface in the operator's territory dashboard 60–90 days before the same property appears on PropStream, BatchLeads, or any commercial list.
Workflow inside the 5-room execution environment. Computes ARV and MAO for every qualified lead. Generates offer SMS, tracks negotiation, and routes accepted offers to the Closed Room.
The first step of the protocol pipeline. Public records — filed under the Michigan FOIA Act and the Michigan General Property Tax Act — are read directly from county systems the moment they are filed, with no commercial-aggregator delay.
Maximum Allowable Offer. The highest price an investor can pay for a property and still hit their target margin after repairs and assignment fee. Computed inside the Hot Room as a function of ARV, repair estimate, and target spread.
Michigan Compiled Laws 15.231–15.246, Act 442 of 1976. Establishes the public's right to inspect and copy government records, including the records the First-Mover Acquisition Protocol™ intercepts at the county level. Statutory authority for live interception of distress signals.
Michigan Compiled Laws Act 206 of 1893. Defines property tax delinquency, tax-lien filing procedures, and public-record requirements at the county level. Foundational statute for the public-records workflow our ingestion pipeline reads.
Workflow inside the 5-room execution environment. Runs a 90-day, multi-touch follow-up sequence on leads that did not convert on first contact. Returns warmed leads to the Hot Room when they re-engage.
A partner in the First-Mover Acquisition Protocol™. Each operator holds territory-exclusive rights to one Michigan county. The operator tier price is $2,500 setup + $997/month, with no long-term contract.
The three largest commercial public-records aggregators serving US real estate investors. All three carry 30–90 days of latency between record filing and list availability, and sell each record to as many investors as possible. The First-Mover Acquisition Protocol™ operates in the gap before these vendors receive the underlying records.
Our scoring engine. Runs every intercepted address through the compound signal stack and produces a 0–100 distress score. The algorithm itself, the specific signals it weighs, and the weighting are not published — only the scored output is delivered to operators.
The scoring layer of the protocol. Receives intercepted records from the ingestion pipeline, runs the compound signal stack against each address, and emits a 0–100 distress score per property. Live throughput and counts are public at vision.michiganfoiareports.com.
Workflow inside the 5-room execution environment. Handles initial voice qualification on a new lead, runs an ATTOM property lookup, and routes qualified leads to the Hot Room.
One partner per Michigan county. Once a county is allocated to an operator, no second operator in that county receives the same leads from the system. The exclusivity is enforced in the delivery layer; the underlying public records remain accessible to anyone who reads them at the courthouse.
The public live-operations terminal at vision.michiganfoiareports.com. Surfaces real-time property tracking count, distress-engine throughput, marketing-room performance, and lead-flow metrics. Operates as the proof artifact for everything claimed about the protocol.
An acquisition strategy where the investor contracts to purchase a property at one price and assigns the contract to an end-buyer at a higher price, capturing the spread as an assignment fee. Most leads delivered through the First-Mover Acquisition Protocol™ are evaluated against wholesale economics first, with rehab or buy-and-hold as secondary strategies.
Glossary reviewed: 2026-05-19.
5 new partners onboarded per month. 1 partner per county. Once a county is allocated, the next operator joins a waitlist.