I'm about to start a team of callers on these lists, but I don't want to waste their time or my time with these dead leads.I'm thinking of charging back the expense with my credit card company because I'm pretty disappointed.Does anyone have any solutions they'd recommend for getting accurate property owner phone numbers?

Microsoft Excel, and most budget or free online bookkeeping isn't going to cut it in this situation.For the rental properties you own directly, I often tell clients and prospects that a P&L in Microsoft Excel is just fine and a balance sheet is not necessary for tax purposes. 

Many companies will be lazy/cut costs after they have a large enough customer base.Currently Dataskip.io is the best. 

Should I just hire a tree service to clear a path and cut the dead tree?

We found ourselves wasting an obscene amount of time doing our due diligence where we doubt that the vast majority of bidders actually understood the costs involved in the rehabs.

It sounds like you are going to be a tire kicker wasting your time and your agents time with unreasonable expectations.

I am not sure if it was just my market or more on their end but at the end it was a pretty big loss for us, so we cut it. 

Further, I had negotiated 12 months interest reserve; they cut that to 3 months.  

I mention this because if you're working with a lender or broker and tell them up front that you intend to payoff your loan in a few months, they probably arent going to waste time on you because they dont want to work for free.

Are most of those gurus just selling courses/cutting a fee on top of an agent?