Her response "I wouldn't feel comfortable with the current shelter in place and quarantine...strangers in home." 

After getting their attention with your hand addressed envelope, for example, does your letter connect with them on a personal level with the appropriate distance for a stranger? 

Friends, cousins, strangers, motivated sellers, I only buy with a warranty deed, with insurance.

Showings may not be getting approved due to people in houses not wanting strangers walking through and spreading virus, etc. 

Examples being tenants complaining about other tenants, living so close to complete strangers (I guess it's only for a year), and a higher rate of tenants coming through.

And you can't just cut a check to a stranger out of state to figure it all out for you? 

I had a business plan, a marketing strategy and the courage to contact strangers and ask them to sell their home for a discount.

Since this is your first flip I'm assuming you don't have a construction crew yet and may want to hold off on putting yourself in a vulnerable situation with strangers.2) If you send me pictures i can help with this better, but in general, update the kitchen and master bathroom, paint and maybe flooring.

If you have a fobia of talking with strangers and building a relationship on the spot then wholesaling isn't going to be easy at all.

Kind of feels odd putting myself out here to a bunch of strangers, but I figure if I want realistic suggestions, I should give realistic figures about myself.