I’m also putting together my “dream” team and interviewing attorneys, title companies, lenders, real estate brokers, contractors and magicians so I’ll be fully prepared when the 100 postcards I send out to randomly selected people results in the 14 offers to sell their notes that represents the average 14% response rate to junk mailings. 

@Minh Vuif you have to ask random people on the Internet... pass

For a 5 bed, 3 bath house, it may be difficult to get random travel nurses to all share a 5 bedroom place.  

Buying a random cornfield somewhere really isn't likely to attract a data center buyer not any related interest.

if you buy something random on the MLS it's probably not going to cash flow. which might be okay depending on your strategy. but it sounds like you're getting under contract and then trying to get the price down and / or get repairs made. 

Random calls, voicemails, and invoices from maintenance vendorsC.

I would not trust random people on the internet  LOLmy guess though is you do.. their might be a few states were you don't need a license but not many if any is my thought on it.  

Wrote letter to random individual How did you finance this deal?

They always get contacted by investors looking for deals and a realtor can help the entire process be more trustworthy and smoother than some random person on FB.I myself am a realtor here in Houston with a buyers list I have developed over my last five years of being in the investment real estate space.

If you buy a random property, you are just hoping the tenant segment the property attracts is reliable.