However, my agent only talks to me about once per day, text back hours after i text him, and rarely answers his phone.

They have frequent online phone calls.

My #1 tool is the phone, learn to use it well.

Make some phone calls, ask a lot of questions.

You never mentioned what I call "percentage expenses", which include Maintenance (10%), Capital Expenses (CapEx) (10%), Vacancies (your choice for your market - anywhere from 2% to 10%), and Property Management (again, based on the market - say 8%).Broken down:Maintenance - expect an average of 10% of your income to be spent on general maintenance.

Is anyone using Joe Crump's Automarketer that would be willing to have a 10 minutes phone call?

I do the same as @Terrell Garren, I also have Do not disturb set on my phone after 9PM.

So I pressed forward, picked up the phone and/or drafted emails to all the brokers I have worked with in the past year.

I am being consistent, I am a realtors assistant and will refer people to them if I get someone that would rather list their house but I first have to get the phone to ring. 

Outside of the phone, I've connected with a realtor, talked to a couple of lenders and I've used the calculators over 50 times.