Now I treat those people like a treat people that won't buy in certain areas because they're "dark" or "integrated" or whatever other code word they use to hide their racism - I don't do business with them and don't try to.Haters gonna hate.  

People people people,Let me tells yous a little story about DMM.Some BOZO in the dark ages sweore that DMM is the best thig since sliced bread, and people believed it and started chanting the same thing, without justification ad now it became a thing.Let me tell you what DMM SHOULD be used for.A silly stupid little postcard/letter/what ever is not meant to convince people to sell their house to you.WHO the hell are you?!

Direct mailers are usually a shot in the dark if they are interested in not to selling.

How long might it have taken me to sort that out, stumbling around in the dark by myself?

My plan after I wholesale a few of these is to offer one up to an experienced rehabber without an assignment fee and in return I get to shadow the flip/gain a mentor.

Any more you can tell us based upon my stab in the dark?

When the buyer is rather questionable, but still qualified, you can use other contracts to allow a buyer to acquire more equity and then roll over the deal into a note and deed of trust.You're also in an odd area politically that reflects legal proceedings, you're dark red but liberal in many aspects, "testing the waters" with a buyer can be justified before entering into a sale with a note and DOT.

Once you've become educated, you can use more of a methodical plan of action and the direction you take will be less of a shot in the dark.

To make them look very close to handwritten, I used one of the handwritten fonts like this printed in a dark blue ink (there are lots of similar fonts available).

It is literally throwing darts in the dark hoping one will stick.