She was somewhat cold towards everyone be it they qualified for financing or not.

Most likely, these "nice" people will force you to go through an eviction, be bitter at you for evicting them and leave the place a royal mess with damages everywhere.

Generally if you buy in the cold season, it means the sellers are more motivated... but it means you're not going to see all the inventory since most buyers don't want to buy then. 

Cold calling and door knocking.

As a grown up I learned to take life as is, not live in a fantasy world and ,above all, value the TRUTH, no matter how bitter it is.P.S.

T: "I can't stand cold. 

Deal shark swimming through the dark cold waters.

You could start cold calling the property owners

Tools like BatchLeads and PropStream are great for direct-to-seller strategies, but keep in mind that they come with marketing costs depending on the method you choose, such as direct mail, cold calling, or texting and have to have good nurture campaigns. 

Came back 4 years later to comment on another posters response and see this correspondence....Not sure if you ever got back into Probates, but I've been targeting for 10 months now....Primarily through direct mail...admittedly need to implement cold calling....but looking to systemize....love to connect if you went on to pursue probates again.