You have 659 AO out of state prospects in your county so here is what I would do.Buy those 659 and add to them 341 in state AO for a total of 1000Alternate you mail piece between the large text PC,  the small text PC, zipletters and YellowLetters.Here is the breakdownList - Cost 220.00+- ( good for 6 months)Yellow Letter 1 - Cost 760.00 +- send month 1Large Text PC 5 color 1 side - Cost 500.00+- send month 2Small Text PC ( My new one) color 2 sides - Cost 450.00 +- send month 3Zip Letter 7 - Cost 730.00+- send month 4Small Text PC Mine - Cost 450.00 +- send month 5Large Text PC 5 -Cost 500.00Total Spend 3610.00Over your budget however by month 2 you should have a deal in the pipeline. 

I have a list of 1500 AO in Socal.

Take AO's for instance - who on earth would you quit mailing them so long as they are AO's?  

Probably real small ratio, but the ones that do are probably good leads.

The divorce list isn't a list I would send to and absolutely mix in AO, OO and OSAO...

Definitely is for me.If you build a list, say AO in a zip code, and then filter by last recorded date or last market sale date, list source will trim the list WAAAYYY down to only the records they have a date for.

I also had fun installing an AO Smith 240NI to replace the old 75 gallon HW tank, so that dropped the gas bill a lot more.

:DTo your comment about not being risk-averse, It's my own opinion that the most risky things to do are those you are unfamiliar with.

Listing inventory is tight in Tucson and most deals that I do are from leads generated myself; I haven't bought a property from the MLS in over a year as the Seller's market doesn't jive with my needed numbers.

But yes, you could easily find AOs through the MLS system (and I think most have that search option).Sigh.