I'm aware of the CAN-SPAM act.4) How have you gone about making sure your leads are not on the DNC list?

The moment you apply for a mortgage, that fact is sold by our trusted credit reporting agencies (TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian) to the entire world, so they can start spamming you with junk (one of our lobbying groups, AIME, is trying to make it illegal unless you explicitly give consent to TU, EF, and EP).

There is a suit going in California now against an agent who was spam-texting people.

Our community, left largely uncensored (except for the 5 "S" - Sales, Sleaze, Spam, Self-Promotion, Solicitation), has discussed how to handle a recession or similar economic environment ad nauseum, to steal a phrase from @Corby Goade.But, let's address your questions here specifically. 

I may have had a disaster relief email in my spam that I inadvertently deleted.  

@Yuriy Skripnichenko - completing that link has the fine print that you are signing up for their future communications AKA spam 

They have far more better things to do than fiddle with spam mail.

What the videos have found is that after 100 numbers texted, you have to change the text message body, or the cell phone carriers will flag the text as spam and will not deliver the text.

The downside of going after buyers first when you have no experience is that most real buyers get bombarded with “deals” from other wholesalers or get their inboxes spammed with “join my buyers list” emails.

That's considered spamming and your posts will be deleted.There is no "rule of thumb" for repairs because the costs vary widely.