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.

I too get a lot of phone calls and texts which I find to be irritating, but my question is what do you all think is the best way to reach out to motivated sellers without pissing people off?

I just need a little advice and motivation I guess.

Pull lists of possible motivated seller properties2. 

If you are a little unsure how the contract process works, I would focus on finding motivated sellers and partner with an experienced investor to run with it.

And highly motivated.

I'm hungry and motivated, I'm hoping to retire from my W2 by 50!

Thanks, John I always laugh when I hear people talk about "Motivated" seller lead generation and then they mention DMM, cold calling, RVM...Motivated sellers, are people that want to sell already and have some sort of above average need to have it sold.When you are talking about DMM RVM cold claling etc. etc. that is NOT a "Motivated" lead generation system.That is called a: "I-HOPE-I-will-get-lucky-and-find-a-motivated-seller" lead generation system.Or"I-am-just-going-to-target-a-bunch-of-people-and-hope-some-motivated-sellers-will-respond" lead generating system.You are not generating motivated leads.

I'd also be willing to bet the owners will take less than $40K just to move it & they are out of state owners so that's possibly even more motivation.