Cold Calling to find motivated sellers. Does it work?

[Rigo V.]

I just started a mailing in PA but also wanted to sign up to a cold calling service to find motivated sellers. The list they use is for absentee and owner occupied properties in the area. They sent me some of their recorded calls and most sellers seem to be saying something along the lines of "yeah i'll sell but I want x amount" which tends to be market price.

Does cold calling generally end up leading to more for retail sellers leads than for motivated sellers? I can monetize those by passing them to my realtor but that's not my main focus and not the big money maker.

Should I ask them if I can provide a script that focuses more on motivated sellers with distressed properties? Can anyone share a script?