(And with the latter, I'm at least assured of not being attacked.)  

Everything takes time but I assure you with the right frame of mind you can do anything.

Just because their posted testimonials are from people doing high volume mailing, I assure you they are both experts on targeted mailings as well. 

Another anonymous party found me very entertaining and helped me out a bit :)This may seem like a trivial amount of dough, but I can assure you that this small cash advantage will probably take months or years off my poverty timetable.I have no doubt that in the future my BiggerPockets shenanigans can lead to a lot more commas and 0's in that figure!!!

He could have been more direct, after all.Shoukd you still decide to call, thank the family for contacting you, ask if you can be if help for anyone else they know and assure them that you will not bother them with any more letters unless they wish you to stay in touch.

Understood, and my statement stands ... those who do not have hands on experience in REI and don't want to treat real estate as a business will be better served by buying an index fund or an REIT if they want to stay with real estate as an asset class to remain diversified and at least assure themselves an average return.

Maybe I could buy 10,000 different investments at a dollar each and that way I'm "assured" that I will make money.

That forum is the next stop, I assure you!

I can assure you most others are not doing this or they are farming this service out to a VA from a foreign country or a call center, i.e Patlive.  

My standard is "if your property is currently listed please have your Agent call me"1) Just because it's listed doesn't mean it's non negotiable2) Maybe you can provide a buyer and split a commission 3) Gives you a chance to network and add another pro to your contacts4) Assures all involved you're not trying to poach.