Contacting Potential Leads?

[Jose Jusino]

Hi BP!

So I was online just scrolling through websites when I came across this site where somebody said they can get you a list of potential motivated sellers. They said the list includes Names, Addresses, Phone Numbers, and Emails.

My question, is it not weird for the "potential motivated seller" to receive a random call, or email from somebody that wants to buy their house? I mean, I understand direct mail postcards but if you call them, don't they ask how you got their number? Or even worse an email? How would you explain that to them?

Just curious if anybody has ever called or emailed a potential lead and what the response was like.