Experienced investor looking for new (quality) direct skip and cold calling companies

Yes, prices are high, but there is good potential for appreciation, and tenants are generally reliable and high quality. 

I wouldn't use them to complete the job, they've already shown they aren't doing quality work.

Like / Kind quality home.

I have investors that I set up loans with private money that only use this method because of the speed.

Yea the thing that was confusing was that the listed rentals on Zillow or Redfin had pretty big discrepancies in price while they appeared to me to be of similar quality. 

Other qualities are being a member of National Notary Association.

If you can network and find local players (FB groups, meetups) that could help speed it up

Our team discussed multiple investment options with him, including new construction homes in nice areas that likely attract better quality tenants.

Your biggest problems here are going to be how to properly qualify someone, what to do if someone stops paying, footing the bill if you have a big repair item, finding quality and reasonable vendors/contractors to fix things, and keeping track of payments.If this isn't you, give me some more context of where you're at and I can give some better insights.