@Christian Walker Telephone marketing/sales. 

I establish this in my initial contact with the host, and often end up in a telephone conversation before booking.

You only need to provide your name, email/or telephone number, so at no time are you providing your bank account information.

The individual I am referring to contacted me via telephone, if that makes any difference. 

The individual I am referring to contacted me via telephone, if that makes any difference. 

I agree with @Mike Dorneman & @Matthew Paul I also do the prescreen telephone interview and only setup a showing when they meet the prescreen criteria of adequate income, no prior evictions, referrals, no smokers and no pets (in my case).

We have telephones and emails so we don't have to wait a week for an office visit to our attorneys. 

Consent without Notification keeps you out of jail.NY is a bit different New York makes it a crime to record to record or eavesdrop on an in-person or telephone conversation unless one party to the conversation consents.N.Y.

I don’t wholesale personally as I think it has a terrible ROI but if you are inclined to seek out distressed properties, the only real scalable option are FB advertising as Account Closed suggested or direct mail with an well organized, scripted telephone program.  

Make a class for General or Overhead too if you have non-property-specific transactions for your business (like a laptop or telephone expense ).