Imagine something as simple as deciding tomorrow to spend 3-6 months in Australia because it’s too cold here, or I haven’t been, or a friend dared me.

@Justin Jefferson first, some cold realty - you're about as likely to play in the NFL as you are to retire via real estate in 4 years.Are they both possible?

And when you do have a list is cold calling the best way to reach owners as direct mail would most likely go to their tenants and not the owner if not occupying the property?

I did it 2 years ago. rarely get cold called/texted on tons of parcels owned. 

@Kyle Atans  or PHX when building stopped dead cold and they deported half the construction workers who happened to be 80% of the tenant base.. same with central CA building stopped  no deportation though :)I just bought in Vegas for semi retirement and tax purposes I kind of like were it sits now.. but no question your timing of that market was impeccable.. !!! 

Know how long they have been in their house and what they bought it for and what's happening in the neighborhood.No one likes cold calling so don't think of it like that.

Bandit signs, cold calls/texting along with direct mail is the method most people use.

Anyone on the West coast at least who has been to an ER in a major city will see that hispanics use it as their daily doctor and ER is jammed and those of us who have insurance get no priority over those that just have a cold and want to see a doc. so you sit there in the waiting room pretty frustrating for me who pays 5k a month for my plan for me and two employees plus 1300 a month for Lori and I mandatory Medicare ( max they can charge based on our income.. ) So 6300 a month for us..

I'm really sick today with a nasty cold, etc. 

I think you need to figure out what your goals are before jumping into something.For example, you are saying to cold call, but who are you going to call?