Pass out business cards to strangers and call friends.  

They are the classic bad syndication company that makes risky investments with bad financing structures.

This is one of the classic fix and flip partnerships, but you shouldn't think of it as a partnership in the way your proposed it because you lose money on that deal.

I also suggest Michael Gerber's "The E-Myth Revisited" as well as his "E-Myth Real Estate Investor" collaboration with Than Merrill and Paul Esajian.Remember - 90% of this business is marketing so don't let all the other stuff, like obsessing over business cards, get in the way of that.Good luck!

I've done post cards etc. 

Given your situation, it sounds like you’re facing a classic investor dilemma: do you throw more money at repairs to sell at a higher price, or do you cut your losses and drop the listing price?

They are trying to protect you from yourself and your efforts to over leverage yourself. because that's how you'd get to your next post of when the house of cards starts falling down and crushing you under it all. 

I prefer the card to the coin-op, even in a smaller property.

I believe many in your shoes also struggle to differentiate between mortgage debt and unsecured debt such as  credit cards.

Classic!