A great ice breaker and he will not forget me too soon.

My icebreaker is usually something like, "This is Rick, I'm returning your call from yesterday, soooooo you have a house that you want to sell??"

Investing in real estate is a pretty easy ice breaker when face to face so you can really find people who either have the same goals as you or better yet have already accomplished what you're trying to do.

If you’re standing in a long line somewhere and it’s taking forever to get through, look at the person behind you and say, “I always seem to choose the slowest line,†or if you have a full basket, say “I only came in for one item.†These kinds of icebreakers are magical in getting others to be willing to talk to you.

Once you hit the ground a few face to face hellos might be a great ice breaker...

It can be a less intimidating ice breaker and if he is motivated you might get a call.If you don't hear back instead of sending a follow up letter I would then go and knock on the door and as part of the intro you can mentioned you sent the letter.

Sending letters tend to be an ice breaker for me.Yes I did call the lead company back to discuss the issues I have with the leads.

It's as good an ice breaker as any and gets the discussion rolling.

Please excuse my "off topic" ice breaker, but you can start listening to the BP podcasts and watching some of the BP youtube videos. 

But if you want to talk to someone but are afraid, here's an easy icebreaker: "Hey, do you have a business card?"