Do you really expect them to make an appointment with the seller or asset manager to sit down and discuss your text message? 

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result

If you have a buyer's agent representing you, then we expect to hear from your agent (and your agent should have set some expectations for you that included not making calls to other agents on your own).

Newer buyers the sellers like to know they have an experienced broker behind them that knows the process and can help guide them along the way.If you can say price range you are looking,state, STNL or MTNL, what loan to value, and what cap rate you are expecting then I can give you an idea if you are realistic or stop looking before you start. i review about a thousand of these a week for clients nationally so tend to know state by state what cap rates are at for what price range for NNN - STNL and MTNL.There are a few books out there on the subject.

Especially if they are on the MLS, expect multiple offers and cash buyers.

We do not consider a rehab unless we are expecting grater than 100% return on the rehab cost. 

For example, you can probably get a few properties with conventional financing, but by the time your looking to scale, you've hopefully built a solid reputation for yourself as an investor.This reputation will allow you to tap into things like hard money lenders (if you can do some cash out refinances on earlier properties to pay off the higher rates hard lenders expect).

I know a few that lend in 40 states, 25 states, 37 states, etc.You can expect rates between 7-12%, depending on strength of the deal, leverage, experience, and credit. 

We can't all expect to be 5 star every time, and unless you have a true luxury space, you probably shouldn't expect to be 5 star at all.

We are filling our first new tenant from 325 to 475 and we expect every new tenant to be higher than hers