They will see you as a sales person hawking his goods - not as an information provider or a trusted voice in real estate.The best way to build a list on Twitter is to follow influential voices in real estate.  

Call Brian xxx-xxx-xxxx(Send to live answering service, not voice mail. 

Including, but not limited to mail piece templates, Craigslist, Google Voice, BP, YouTube, etc. 

The little voice in your head is probably right, go with it.....What ever you do it's the greatest business, I make make good money and am paid for the work I do.  

There is nothing wrong with voicing your desire in the workplace.

Do the homes have genuine hardwood floors, or some high quality synthetic, that looks like wood in the photos.

They have interviewed a ton of investors that give voice to real life success in real estate investing.

And silencing all those "voices" that told me I was wrong for daring to take on such projects!

I use to use an app called Free Talk to be able to send texts and call out using my phone, with out having to call my google voice number and call out from there. 

I prefer to do it over them phone or in person-you can learn so much from tone of voice and body language.