The problem is that they use automated systems to deliver data.

I was excited because it promised a lot of automation with leads and direct mail marketing.

For this to be automated I am afraid you would still need a person as experienced as this to click what was needed and not needed for the job - the software could suggest, but I wonder how well it would actually pick up all of the little "this and thats".Have you looked at the bluebook.net suite of software?

I just joined the site after reading the post about Zach Chilress Automated Real estate scam.

Send everything via email, so it is documented and can be automated. 

In the future, i may automate my process which would add cost to the marketing but right now i'm doing ok and enjoying the journey.

Most of the requests for highest and best offers are truly automated, and it's not like there is a guy that stamps "approved" or "denied" on each offer :) The banks have zero emotion, so as a buyer, you too need to have no emotions.

Because owners are unaware of the automation and software that can take care of almost all Property Management.

Dell Schlabach l am primarily a buy-and-hold investor on owner financed properties, but have completed a few rehabs and have done several wholesale deals as well.That might be surprising that I'm advocating so strongly for Robyn's courses when she is the "Queen of Rehab" and her class is primarily geared towards that side of the business and I am primarily buy-and-hold investor, but I'll explain that below...When she teaches, she often has Larry Harbolt with her (If you haven't seen Larry's owner finance stuff, it is a first class course as well) and his techniques are more applicable to the nuts and bolts of owner financed deals, but the value that I took from Robyn in my business was from the organizational side of the RE investing business, specifically the accounting side as she has an accounting background having worked for IBM for 10+ years and the point of automating, outsourcing, and hiring folks to do that parts of the business that are not directly income-generating such as property management, filing, some lead generation, etc.

I use investorfuse for my automation and its a great tool to help me stay on top of followups, appointments, team members, virtual assistants and keep track of all the in's and out's of my wholesale business.