Not to try and mislead, but you need about five minutes of their time and you're going to be hard pressed for that, especially if they just find out your cumulative experience to date is home ownership.Once you have that, let us know how we did on our assumptions!

I also hired a virtual assistant to do cold calling and SMS messaging to source deals for me in Oklahoma City.

My 2020 Breakdown:Personal Network/Referrals: 43%Cold Call/ Text: 29%Direct Mail: 21%Referral/Lead Systems: 7%Shooting for the following in 2021:Personal Network/Referrals: 50%Digital Marketing: 25%Direct Mail: 25%

Should I maybe try the cold calling approach to see if I can find an off market deal?

Find owners that'll sell especially in hot areas(cold call, drive for dollars, etc).

Scheduling tours, cold calling, researching active, coming soon, expired and withdrawn listings, following up with clients, CRM management, lots and lots of phone calls.

I’ve done cold calling to try and get a wholesale deal but no luck yet.

Nobody thought these companies would ever go bankrupt, that they were too big to fail, and yet they failed anyway.Enjoy your profits, because the stock market is a cold hearted beast. 

My partner and I cold call a lot of owners and we had actually made an offer on part of the property before, less than half of the current total.

Purchase price: $91,000 Cash invested: $14,000 Sale price: $145,000 Bought from a cold call from a nice lady.