Owner Occupied vs Absentee Owner

[Jeff Valentino]

I'm getting a wholesale marketing plan together and often hear people say that absentee owner lists get better results than owner occupied even thought there is more competition. 

Can anyone say how much better? The reason I am asking is that a list I am looking at for Chicago suburbs has almost no absentee owners vs owner occupied. I'd like to get a better idea of things before committing to a multi month campaign.

Thanks!