Week 0 baseline · October 2026 · Refreshed every Monday
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This is the live baseline from this week's scans: Metro Cash Buyers starts at zero, and the leader numbers are real. Leads, calls and Search Console data connect when the site and Google profile launch, and every week after that this page updates with what changed.
The business
Seller leads
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Calls, forms and Google profile contacts. Tracking starts at launch
Appointments
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From the CRM
Contracts
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With the channel that produced each one
Cost per lead
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All marketing spend divided by leads
Visibility
Google search clicks
0
Leader: ~366 visits a month
Tracked keywords ranking
0 / 16
Top 10 positions
Maps top-3 coverage
0%
Leader: 96% ("sell my house fast")
AI answers naming you
0 / 75
Leader: 54 of 75
Google reviews
0
Market leader: 175
Market demand
~7,000
Google searches a month, three counties
The race
Google search visits
Estimated monthly organic visits (Ahrefs)
Wise Property Buyers
366/mo
Detroit Fair Offer
352/mo
Sell Dave Your House
231/mo
M1 Home Buyers
125/mo
Chris Buys Homes
59/mo
Speedy Sale Home Buyers
10/mo
Metro Cash Buyers
0/mo
Google Maps coverage
Share of 197 Metro Detroit locations ranking top 3 for "sell my house fast" (Local Falcon)
M1 Home Buyers
96%
Sell Dave Your House
63%
Priority Home Buyers
26%
SELL MY HOUSE FAST
19%
Buy My House Michigan
14%
Metro Cash Buyers
0%
AI answers
Answers naming each company, of 75 across ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode (Local Falcon)
Chris Buys Homes
54 of 75
Speedy Sale Home Buyers
54 of 75
Detroit Fair Offer
25 of 75
M1 Home Buyers
20 of 75
Sell Dave Your House
20 of 75
Wise Property Buyers
15 of 75
Metro Cash Buyers
0 of 75
Google Maps, location by location
"sell my house fast" across Wayne, Oakland and Macomb
Each square is one search location, about 2.9 miles apart. Filled squares rank in the top 3. We rerun this grid every month, and Metro Cash Buyers' grid fills in as the profile earns reviews and the city pages go live.
Today's leader: M1 Home BuyersTop 3 at 189 of 197 locationsMetro Cash Buyers, Week 0Top 3 at 0 of 197 locations
Top 3Not in the top 3
Keyword tracker
Monthly searches (Ahrefs) and Metro Cash Buyers' current Google position
Keyword
Searches
Position
sell my house fast detroit
300
not ranking
we buy houses detroit
200
not ranking
sell my house detroit
200
not ranking
we buy houses michigan
200
not ranking
sell my house fast michigan
150
not ranking
cash home buyers detroit
150
not ranking
sell my house fast detroit mi
150
not ranking
we buy houses dearborn
200
not ranking
we buy houses livonia
150
not ranking
sell my house fast livonia
200
not ranking
sell my house fast eastpointe
200
not ranking
we buy houses pontiac
150
not ranking
sell my house fast royal oak
150
not ranking
sell my house fast sterling heights
100
not ranking
we buy houses metro detroit
90
not ranking
quitclaim deed michigan
400
not ranking
Trust and listings checklist
The profiles Google and the AI tools check, in launch order
Profile
Why it matters
Status
Name, domain, one identity
Everything else hangs on it
Week 1
Google Business Profile
Maps, and Google AI Mode cites it
Week 1
Call tracking and CRM
Every lead traced to a channel
Week 1
BBB accreditation
ChatGPT's most-cited source
Week 2
Website
Required by every list site
Days 15-60
Yelp
Cited by ChatGPT and AI Mode
Days 15-60
Clever profile
Gemini's top source
Days 60-120
Real Estate Witch, HomeLight, Houzeo
Read by ChatGPT and Gemini
Days 60-120
LinkedIn: Mike and company page
Referral partners
Days 60-120
Work log
Week 0 · Baseline capturedThree Google Maps grid scans (225 locations each), ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode scans across the metro and two counties, 150+ keywords, page-one snapshots, and 20 competitor websites checked
Week 0 · Market review deliveredWho leads each surface, why, and the plan to break in
Next up
Settle the public name and domainBefore anything is built or submitted
Google Business Profile, BBB application, call trackingThe profiles every other step depends on
Site build kicks offHome, About, process, FAQ, county hubs, first city pages