It is supplemental heat for one area of the house so they can go without it but to have spent the money for the heating fireplace and its too expensive to use that is crazy.

@Katharine Chartrand I find I have better success with absentee owners when I mail them something less generic , something like a "hand written letter".

I would like this investment to supplement my current income, and over 10 years build a sizable real estate portfolio that will allow me to leave corporate America and spend 100% of my time focusing on growing my units.

Here a few ways to find buyers in your market:Find a local REIA group; there will be plenty of buyers therePost ad in Craigslist; can be simple and generic as you having deals available for investorsBandit signs (although heavily debated)Search county records for 'LLC' owners near the properties you have under contractSearch zillow, craigslist, etc for houses being sold by an 'LLC'Call around to landlords and property management companiesIf your deal is honestly a deal, no inflated numbers, finding a buyer will not be hard.

I m not familiar with TX contracts but my experience is that most wholesalers have a toned down generic version of a contract which is usually 2 pages or less. 

Staying in touch is always a good idea; however, whether it is a text or a voice mail your contact will have much greater impact if you make it less generic.  

And if you are trying to supplement your income with rental property, its gonna take a few units to make much difference.

It is typically easier to figure out how to GET what you want then it is to figure out WHAT you want.I would clarify your objectives and then ask questions about strategies how to achieve them.Other then asking specific questions about achieving an objective, You could ask about more generic things, their best deal, their worst deal, the biggest lessons learned, what it takes to be a successful investor , what their portfolio looks like today, what the most important skills or traits are, what training education or experience you should get, how long you should expect it to take to achieve certain objetives.  

There is a lesson in here with for the bright young men & women who are today being brainwashed on YouTube and other forums to detest and shun higher education and professional 9 - 5 jobs by “gurus” who obviously don’t want too many smart sophisticated people around on this planet so they can sell their generic advice for a fat fee.

After finding out where point B is and that it will take 3 left turns you need to apply your strengths which are right turns so it may take you 5 turns and a couple of different roads to get to point B.But you can find most of those GENERIC forms have been posted at one time or another by several posters right here.