The story of my first wholesale call. Looking for a little help.

[Logan Eckstein]

Hello BP family.

I recently started taking my first steps as a wholesaler after turning 18. I pulled a list of around 800 absentee houses from listsource, then skiptraced them and sent out a Ringless Voicemail campaign using slybroadcast. To my amazement I received four calls back. They went to voicemail, and I just called back the first caller.

It didn't go too well. The other end of the line was a man in his mid-thirties, and his main concern seemed to be how I got his number and name.

[Me]: Hi, is this M? 

[M]: Dead silence.

[Me:] Hi, is this M? This is Logan with Triangle Wholesaling, I'm calling about--

[M]: Excuse me, WHO did you say this was?

[Me]: Um...M? Do I have the wrong number?

[M]: How did you get this number? (Getting angrier). I did NOT give you permission to call me, take me off your list.

From there on I was a mess, spewing apologies and trying to explain that his name and number are on public records all over the internet.

I shared that partly because I found it very funny and I think some of you will as well, but also because I have a question relating to it. I'm looking at the other three numbers that have called me back, and I'm honestly dreading calling them. What if they're the same thing? While rude people don't SUPER bother me, I'm concerned about how I'm going to market to my list now. I sent out my RVMs, but didn't get many calls back. Should I cold call them now, or do an SMS campaign, or something else?

My conundrum is I'm short on funds, as I've already spent a couple hundred dollars getting this list together and skiptraced. Besides cold-calling, which I'm dreading a little, what can I do that is relatively cheap to market towards my list? Should I do another RVM campaign?

Thanks for all the help.