I also got the idea to search for wholesalers, real estate agents, and direct sellers on Twitter and now am broadcasting that fact here and hopes someone responds.

My goal is to collect enough rentals that in the next 15 years, I could retire from my career in broadcasting (which is very fun and exciting).

Don't broadcast it.

I suspect the people/companies who are mailing have given little thought in segmenting their data and I am no different than the person who sees a billboard on the side of a highway, meaning it's broadcast generically.Point is, you need to filter for specific triggers that motivate people to want to sell.

They will take bids for a week then broadcast out the bids to give bidders a chance to make another offer.  

They will take bids for a week then broadcast out the bids to give bidders a chance to make another offer.

Gerald Demers Gerald, I'm saying that if you were to broadcast a property in craigslist,  etc,  that looks more like an agent.  

I don't want to broadcast the location.

I start reading and listen to broadcast.

I just sold a deal to someone I met there at an event that I broadcasted a property that we had for sale.