absentee owners

[Mark Cohen]

I have decided to start direct marketing to absentee owners, primarily to find investment opportunities for myself, but with intentions of passing along deals to other investors if it doesn't meet my criteria.  I don't have a "buyers list" although I have read up on different strategies here on bp of finding them. (Some ppl. here are Really creative!) 

My question is that being that I am marketing to landlords, there are obviously some of them still more interested in buying than selling, and you know they are the real deal as they are owners, not time wasters, so is there a way of sticking in the message that if they are interested in buying I may have inventory for them.  Not sure how I would phrase it without getting tacky "I buy houses, (and also may have some to sell)".   I also don't want to confuse my message, I am a big believer in simple, clear messages.

Has anyone ever tried this double marketing? Have you had success?