Almost immediately when he got on the phone he stated he can take the home off market for me to view if I pay $1k.

I would never consider stopping by to discuss a rent increase with my tenants, who I assume are as busy as I am, any more than I would expect Verizon to stop by my house to let me know they're raising my cell phone rate.

Get online or on the phone - call County Assessor or Tax Collected and ask questions and get answers. 

Built into televisions, laptops, Alexa, Google and Apple devices, not to mention a slew of "spy" cameras designed to look like ordinary household items (water bottles, phone chargers, clocks, smoke detectors, shower heads, and even teddy bears).

Hello,My rental ad on Zillow rental manager did attract multiple prospective tenants but they fell under the following four categories:1) Tenants with pets2) Tenants who were bargaining a lot.3)Tenants who had weak financials but willing to pay rent inspite of their income well below 3x4) Few tenants whose profile good on surface but their phone numbers were flagged as "scam likeli"I personally am not comfortable renting to all the four categories listed above so it has delayed finding a tenant for me besides I haven't been very aggressive pursuing tenants as I had plans of selling .Now I have decided to postpone selling, what are the other best ways to find tenants quickly.

I know 15 people in this state and 12 of them wouldn't pick up the phone if I called (ex, former co-workers). 

So my question is, what method do REI in California use to get lists and phone numbers to be able to cold call homeowners interested in selling their properties?? 

Phone is far better than a letter, if you have can call. 93% of our communication is non-verbal.

Many agents these days seems to forget how a phone works, and how talkative some people can be.  

Also, I would be happy to have a phone conversation or over coffee when you are here about purchasing and/or investing in Nashville.