You are looking for motivated sellers.

My suggestion would be to pick one strategy because they all work over time (direct mail, PPC, driving for dollars, cold calling, texting, billboards, radio), and don't stop that until you have consistent deal flow.Also, I highly suggest finding someone who is already wholesaling and get on their team! 

@Brooke Roundy as much as we'd like to assist another investor to succeed in our Detroit market, you're probably better off staying in the Cleveland market until you expand enough or decide to leave the Cleveland market.Also, be careful of posters here offering to assist you - many of them aren't transparent that their real motives are to sell you something!

I would like to expand into real estate to further that objective but my primary motivation is that I'm bored with my W2 job and need a bigger challenge.

I sent a text and an email asking for a convenient date and time.

I seriously feel like I leave these retreats with solutions, feeling un-stuck, feeling inspired, feeling validated, motivated, reassured, confident...

You are already motivated, pumped up and you definitely don't need any motivational advice.'

We've gotten creative with using the "Portfolio" filter with other motivation indicators to pick out some solid lists in our target markets. 

@Baahir Starkey the easy days of low rates allowing a beginning investor to pick a property on the MLS and have it cashflow are over for now.Now, investors have to do lot of research and pursue motivated sellers, willing to take less than their property is worth. 

I would call, text & email multiple times & on average it would take a week to ten days to get a response that your lead was no good.