He also told me he is too busy to talk to me on the phone.  

You need 6 months reserves and 20k for repairs. 

I get rehab draws from the hard money lender to reimburse for the repairs.5.

Unfortunately, my work phone is forwarded to my cell phone as I mainly work from home due to health issues. 

Hi Zoe in Milwaukee, Wisconsin-You have $25,000 to invest and you would like to scale your portfolio efficiently and wonder what the best approach would be to do that.First off, congratulations on starting your investing journey and having $25,000 to invest.If you could find something near you with equity when you buy it, then house hacking will get you into a property with the lowest amount down--make sure to leave room for reserves and repairs in your budgeting and then refinance as soon as you can to pull money out to buy the next house the same way and keep the first and so on.If that is not possible near you because of prices or other factors, then I would look at buying a BRRRR in a market like Lansing, MI.

Would love any leads to help me solve this problem even if it means making some phone calls.

This would typically include legal fees, the receiver's fees and costs, and the repair costs. 

Point being if you are leveraged to the hilt with no cash how are you going to make those required repairs etc?  

.: I have similar result, only like 30 - 40% of data yield valid phone numbers.

By purchasing at a great price and leveraging our network to find a buyer quickly, we maximized profit without the need for repairs.