(some one actually called me to offer this)Just like all fruit, it is more sweet and it taste best when it matures at God's intended cycle, once we accelerate the process with hormones and non natural stuff, fruit will not taste as sweet.  

If you can't list the house, partner with an agent until you can, so you can sell those leads to your partner.Your leads are a rare and valuable raw commodity.  

There are many resources that point to this list being the low hanging fruit so I figured why not start there. 

Anything cuddly -or delicious (fruit?).

Absentee owners lists are the new low hanging fruit and thus the most promoted so most investors and wholesalers go after it to find deals. 

My direct mail campaigns have been the most fruitful for me.

Your budget looks healthy enough to produce fruit, but without knowing any of the specifics, I really can't comment.

but have met a bunch of other great folks. and those relationships are now germinating and producing fruit..!!!

My finger tips are getting raw.

Hey Michael pretty crazy but I just got a list in excel format so I am trying to scrub to send out to you (Yellow letters) for my mailings so it's a pretty raw list straight from the assessors office.