Buy some 99 cent store blank card and send a series of hand written hello inquiry cards. 

If your definition of "good deal" is a 10% return on investment when the market says 8%, then your problem is staring you in the mirror every morning.If you are finding that others are getting "good deals" (whatever those are) but you aren't, then compare how they operate with how you operate and adjust/resign yourself accordingly.So how do you justify venting?

Just make sure you void any blank checks you have – just in case.Here is a portion of my Sub2 agreementIf checked Subject to Existing Mortgages/Loans: (See paragraph XVIII for explanation)Buyer is buying property Subject to the Existing Mortgage(s)/Loan(s) encumbering the property in the amounts not to exceed: $.I.If the existing balances at the time of closing are less than the amounts stated above, purchase price will be reduced by the difference.

Micheal Blank has a deal analyzer or you could create your own.

Honesty   well lets take both sides of that coinYOu have investors trying to buy homes as cheap as they can and you have home owners trying to ( at least we hope they are trying to ) sell for as much as they can.I think the investor buyer who is very proud of the great smoking deal they just got probably is not real up front with the profit they are going to make.. and or if asked point blank how much they will make I could see many cases were a less than honest answer may come out....

I am no tax expert but he has some interesting strategies on what he does to whittle it down.The super wealthy by the way do not write blank checks to the government.

For example, "Hi this is mark d calling from blank capital group.

If you're skeptical about (fill in the blank here with just about any program out there)... then walk away.You say you want to "get into investing" and I'm assuming you're referring to buying houses.... stop talking about it and go do it already.

Running the printer for 1000 letters - it is not like you have to sit and stare at the printer for all 1000 letters. 

I would create a blank looking door hanger with your message written on it so it appears handwritten.