The list pulled 600 leads and we did a mailing with a form that reached out to the all by name explaining we had tried to contact them before and had strong interest in property they owned and we had the ability to buy cash. 

What type of lists lead to most of your closed deals? 

I company close to Milwaukee would be great, but I'm no opposed to traveling within Wisconsin if needed.Any leads would be appreciated!

I took advantage of the pro membership and have been able to get some solid leads from posting in the marketplace on a few occasions! 

I wouldn't start with attorneys, because that just leads to more attorneys.

Also looking to see if this could lead to future investment deals with the agent in Baltimore- fix/flips.

Passive investing is to be part of an investment team buying larger multi-family property without being the lead investor who will source, negotiate and close the deal. 

Everything is fuzzy and seems to lead to information overload .Is there anyone that can point me in the right direction so that this fizzy picture starts to become clear .

You can use this to quickly sort leads, but you still need to base your offers primarily off of the seller's financials and upside available.There exist deals that have been acquired at negative CAP rates that were home run deals.

The MLS is VERY valuable for housing data and what is selling in a particular area, sales is the lifeblood of any Real Estate Investors business also it's a very good lead source and you can figure out what the market is doing as well.