What do I need to do to get rid of them?

I think BP would create more value to the RE community by doing for coaching what they are doing for LP syndication investors.  

We can close on $50,000 to $50M (note a company doing multimillion dollar deals is not doing $50k deals)

I do shy away from small cheap houses - 3/1 or 2/1 in bad areas or that are on a pier and beam type foundation.

I have had many conversations with her friends about the differences in our markets and  have recognized for a while now that there may be some mutually beneficial opportunities to work with Canadian investor specifically. 

Quote from @Tammy Elias: Ok, that is what I keep telling her.

Don’t do any favors, this is your business, so treat it like a business. 

So - somewhere 2 hours away, or somewhere you like to vacation in, or where all your family lives, or where you plan to move someday.Too many people are trying to do exactly what you're doing - pick a market based on a formula - and they end up buying a random 'cheap' property thousands of miles away, turn it over to people they've never met or even spoken to, and then... lose money.  

It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!

All of this information should be available online so you'll just want to make sure you do your research.