If you need to send 1000 mailers to any list to get one deal, that is a 0.1% conversion rate... and thus a 99.9% not motivated.You are blindly sending random people a message and you would be hoping that message resonates with their pain point (of selling their house, willing to take an offer below market value).Now anything with a 0.1% success rate is obviously not working. 

I had a random person tell me "If anyone I know was approached by someone taking advantage of their situation, I would feed them to the pigs".. 

Whom do you trust more to get your car worked on, some rand-o from CL or that sent a random mailer, or an ASC Certified mechanic who is part of the shop that you have seen in various town's, has a building you can stop at, and readily recognize?     

I would rather not just propose a random future purchase price. 

If you compare your overall long term returns factoring in cashflow, appreciation and debt pay down you will generally do much better in your market than a random market in the Midwest.That said, if you lived in the Midwest I'd still recommend starting off somewhere where you live because you always have an advantage of being local.  

He grabbed two accounts at random and we went through them covering a few major deposits and withdrawals and he said, "since you are so well organized, we don't need to go any further on the bank accounts" and we went on to a different subject.If it had all been in the same account, I think we would have spent a lot longer sorting out the transactions to his satisfaction.

He has sent out a minimum of 5,000 random post cards, costing $5,000 probably more, and he talks to whomever calls him.

He would also prefer I put my personal RE investing on hold and put a halt to my business.I know this may be super random but any advice is greatly appreciated.

Well, if you're about to lose your home to a tax sale, are you going to think about the random "We Buy Houses" sign on the side of the road or the professional looking company/gentleman that has been consistently asking you if you want to sell your home? 

It could be random chance that one tenant went bankrupt and a second is now having financial difficulties.