I could just image myself walking around the county buildings randomly declaring "I'm a real estate investor and I'm here to make MONEY!"

I am thinking about, a randomized trial.  1000 yellow letters with MD and 2000 yellow letters without it.Once you start negotiations half of the uniformed contacts should be told you are a Medical Doctor.Profit is probably the most important thing to observe but other results such as... 1)  Call back rates.2)  Number of counter offers.3)  Percentage of increase from original offer to accepted offer.... would be very interesting.PS  Congratulations on getting the MD.

Brotha, the cost to call and email is virtually "FREE"for the most part - their not gonna be rude on the phone - tell them you wanna be their back up sourceyou never know when one of their "GOLF BUDDIES" drops the ball - be there to pick it up and close the deal....Remember these attorneys put their pants on like us - one leg at a timeif your afraid of rejection - you will starve in this businessI just pulled a random list of 100 probate leadsif these guys are so professionalwhy do I see alot of emails ending in:@gmail.com / @ yahoo.com / @ msn.com / @ sbcglobal.net    etc.  

Same with all the other random signs on public property.

The fact that she refuses to pull comps for some random guy who has never bought a property through her and who is going to use those comps on wholesale deals where the agent has 0% chance of earning any commission, tells me that this agent has done this before and realizes that most investors are tire kickers and will do nothing more than waste her time.Like I said above, once she makes some money off him (i.e., he proves he's not a tire kicker), then things change.

This is exactly an example of how someone who is new COULD benefit from having a mentor - the mentor should make sure that the student is protected by the appropriate out clauses and doesn't go out using random agreements if they are doing their job.

I told her that making random offers is not my model and I ended the conversation feeling lousy.

Should I approach this as writing a "random" mailing list letter or should I make it more personal since we spoke once before and I own the property next to it.

Or do you just call sellers there at random?

Shotgun mailings produce random, unproductive calls that do nothing but cost you money.