He said he makes his money at closings and is willing to provide some free help via e-mail and phone calls along the way if you use him as your closing attorney.

Do you believe that we should do a minimum number of written offers each week even if there is no indication from having a phone conversation with the agent that the written offer will be accepted and, also taking into account that I would have to go and visit these five properties in order to have credibility with the agent who is selling the property so that he/she will present my written offer in a serious manner. 

I recently sold a condo there and my phone is still ringing a month later.  

I download them to my cell phone and listen while I drive.

You must have purpose and by that I mean: magically your phone will not ring unless you market to owners about your business.

A simple phone call would be good enough.

I was moreso looking at the method of handling phone calls after placing an ad on craigslist. etc looking for motivated sellers.

I've sent my resume to a few companies that invest in rental properties .For Instance a landlord who was renting an apartment to my aunt I asked him did his company do internships and he referred me to the guy that was in charge of that position then I sent my resume over after speaking with him on the phone. 

see below... this is the site you want to go to.. its free.. and its the actual trustee selling the assets. the other companies just republish public records.I bought all my pre foreclosures =within 72 hours of the sale by door knocking.. that's when denial turns into action. you need to have your cash ready and a good relationship with the title co. and your authorization for them to sign to give to the bank so you can get a payoff from bank or Northwest trustee.. we were on first name basis with all the trustee services there is no reason to pay for this information just find out the trustee services and sign up with them.. they must by law answer your phone calls and or written enquiresnorthwesttrustee.com

I just purchased a 1st trust deed in CA for the 1st time where the borrower had already gone MIA from the start to where his phone number was no longer in service and there was no way to contact him other than an address listed in Idaho.