Because pros buy quantity and can afford the occasional major fail.

I prefer quality over quantity, and while I practiced this before anyone had told me to network in this way, my theory was reinforced by some heavyweights in the multifamily real estate industry.

The nation wide list suppliers go for quantity over quality and I bet if you concentrate on your local area you can build some niche lists that everyone else is not marketing to. 

there are investors out there that will make 100+ offers a year, it’s based on quantity and knowing the market.

It is not the quantity, but quality of investments with lower risk factor wins over long haul.

You are correct - most agents will not spend the time to write endless offers on your behalf if you have no intention of consummating most of the transactions.It seems to me that you would be better off concentrating on the quality rather than the quantity of your offers.

Sale prices reflect a meeting of the minds, but only between 2 parties, which is an inadequate quantity of data.

More is not better Quality vs Quantity every time.

What are your observations of quality and quantity of rental applicants during the offseason?

Anyway, I'll keep posting as my search continues, but to people looking into the Milwaukee area, I would recommend getting Dawn's book that describes several of the areas.Sorry if this post seems rambly, I'll keep at it and hopefully the knowledge sharing quality increases with my own knowledge quantity.