Sometimes I'll invest in "virutal staging" (just disclose in the MLS that it's virtual).Price, Location, and Condition are the 3 variables that affect how quickly a house will sell. 

Also networking with like-minded RE investors in the space of your interest via meetups and conferences (most are virtual for now but plenty available).Here's the article to help you further: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/10850/86621-six-steps-approach-to-getting-started-in-real-estate

Anyone interested in sharing notes, deals, connections, learnings I’d be more than happy to meetup virtually or personally.CheersRod

This is much different than a real estate transaction with a traditional bank where you have virtually no power to change the terms (e.g. interest rate, term, amount of financing, etc.).

I want to hire a virtual assistant to cold call a list of cash buyers I have to sign them up and to weed out the "dud" phone numbers so I can use another freelancer to track down the good phone number and then repeat until I get through the entire list.

Attend those virtual meetups that are available (DM me for more details on this).3.   

If you are focusing on cash flow and only looking at deals virtually, you are likely going to get a dawg that looks like a poodle and turns out to be a yappy pomeranian who needs a lot of trips to the groomer.Have you managed apartments before?

the best of the best would not be where anyone should start (and virtually no one going into their first accountability group could afford or meet the conditions required for the best of the best). 

You can maybe save some cash and just get a single line virtual dialer like Vonage Business or Ring Central (look for month to month only), you don't need a massive power dialer right off the bat (another $150-$250 per month). 

.- Set up systems to regularly keep in touch with (and add value to) the folks you connect with whether they're local contacts or virtual contacts from BP.Happy to see you here... looking fwd to seeing how the BiggerPockets platform contributes to your journey.All the best,Abel