Depending on the person you will still get "must be nice"I find the, "must be nice" crowd tend to lack any motivation for self improvement.

But again, you are dealing with a bank that likely does not have the same motives as a person.  

CRAP.Let me tell you about wholesaling my friend.The key to wholesaling (and ANYTHING REI related) is your ability to find off market motivated seller leads.

Honest;  a truely motivated seller will jump;  where do I sign.   

Where did you get the motivation from to think about financial freedom at such a young age?  

You came to the right place to learn more about real estate and connect with other motivated investors.

You need to develop yourself a a leader delegator and motivator. 

But then he would also have time involved in selling five properties, which would likely cost him another $25,000 in taxes, insurance, utilities, etc.I also don't know their motivation.

I have always been going about it the same way for a while and curious if anyone has tested different approaches and noticed better conversion rates from one approach to another.To be more specific on a cold call for example:Option 1: you immediately bring up that you have noticed the property is in a foreclosure status at the start of the call and/or make it known you are aware of their situationOption 2: you start off as a buyer looking to buy homes in their area/making cash offers and let them uncover their own pain points through purposeful questions to lead them to uncovering their motivation/situation.I have always done option 2 and it works well but I sometimes wonder if I could have a better conversion rate with a different approach.

How you find "people" (now I said PEOPLE, not "motivated sellers" because that is exactly what all these gadgets do.. they find people that satisfy certain criteria.