@Ben Tate I have had a couple phone calls were I had to tell people the breed was restricted.

Make sure to do some screening over the phone when they call.

Tax records should give you mailing addresses at the least, and in some municipalities phone numbers - even if you were a licensee, disclosure of that license would be all that's required.Good luck!

It is extremely clear that I am a person not a company (some people care about that) and that I'm looking to purchase their home should they wish to sell in the future.I give them every single possible way to contact me, including my home address, my phone number and my email addresses.

You will spend a lot of time calling around but you will find one if you spend enough time on the phone. 

I figured I’d take it out of her deposit.A year or so later, she lost her job and phoned me to let me know she had to move out.

Get a notecard with bullet points of your requirements and put it on or near your phone.

Just PM me when you're ready to get together and I'll send you my phone number. 

Your top priority is to make the phone ring with motivated sellers.

In my first month since becoming interested, I have setup my phone, website, DBA(waiting till first deal to get LLC), pulled leads for absentee owners/recent cash buyers and began my mailing campaigns as well as set out bandit signs.