Direct Mail marketing content help for targeting Montana seniors

[Corey Meyer]

I am looking for help with Direct Mail marketing ideas to attract potential homeowners to sell to me in rural Montana for the purchase of an investment property that would be my primary residence.  

I have a couple of dozen property addresses that fit my investment strategy in the Gallatin Canyon between Big Sky and Bozeman, Montana.  The majority of the homeowners are seniors that have vacation cabins/cottages in the mountains of Montana. 

I am looking to house-hack for the purchase of my primary residence and am seeking a 2-3bedroom/ 1-2bath home.  

I have been a resident of Montana for 13 years and am actively looking for a place to call my home.  

I am not a big-time investor and I think a heartfelt handwritten letter would be most effective.  Thoughts? 

I was also planning on slipping in a photo of me.  Thoughts?  

What would you write in a letter (homeowners are most likely elderly and out-of-staters with a vacation home here in Montana) asking if they would be interested in selling to a young man in his 30s looking to make a house a home?

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smith,

???????

Thanks,

Corey