LOL  Talk about passive aggressive.There have been long discussions on this and no fruit.

Your budget looks healthy enough to produce fruit, but without knowing any of the specifics, I really can't comment.

After listening to Michael Quarles on podcast 81 I realized the "fruit bowl" for equity was pretty much all I should really be mailing to.I mailed out to equity and got fewer leads and most wanted retail BUT they were all laser focused on sellers I could actually do deals with that had equity vs. other lists who may have a few who have equity, and a few who might actually be motivated (with no equity, underwater, waited to the last minute to sell). 

The Brokers Test is stupid easy, like asking LeBron James to duck an 8 foot basket..

From what I have read here and what I am starting to understand is that as your marketing budget increases (number of units mailed increases) the more one goes for the lower hanging fruit.

I guess just want to feel that my effort is going to bear some more positive fruit.

That said if you have a system of follow-up then building relationships with the non motivated callers will produce ripe fruit down the line.The issue with that is that most investors starting off need ripe fruit right out of the gate not 6 months later.Postcards are going to give off far less busy work and tend to have a better motivated caller.

I realize the absentee owners list is considered low hanging fruit but I don't know of anyone else marketing in my area and I'm curious to see the response rate.

This business is so competitive that you can’t just make one offer on a property, and have your eggs in that one basket that it gets accepted; you have to keep searching for more deals and continue placing offers on more properties, so if one gets rejected you still have 5+ properties that still have to get back to you if your offer is accepted.

That could be low hanging fruit for a good designer