I'm going to throw out some additional considerations.Your advantage right now is your age and the ability to finance (at historic low rates) a 4 plex as a personal residence, with minimal amount down and use the income from the other 3 units to help qualify for the loan. 

I agree with@Dev Horn use postcards (I throw out unopened letters that are unsolicited,) and put your photo on the card. 

They love the challenge; they’re inspired by the very activities that cause some investors to throw up their hands in defeat.Embrace ImperfectionI can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this from investors: I just need to figure out this one piece of the puzzle before I get started.

That'd be tying up quite a bit of capital I was planning to put towards my first flip.This really throws a wrench in my house-hacking plan. 

You are over-analyzing and parsing words from a 2-sentence side note I made in like an 8 or 9 paragraph post...something I was just throwing in as food for thought, not trying to re-write the rules of national and international commerce.This was intended to only be posted to my Bigger Pockets blog, but apparently my assistant posted it to the general postings or something.  

If the investors in the audience bid a property well beyond the debt owed, that money is supposed to go back to the homeowner, right? 

I neglected to keep in mind my audience, but do appreciate everyone's advice.

But now that I'm thinking about it, maybe they're not throw away leads.

Throw the little fishy back into the water. 

I know at times it can be rough but I am sure a rough start will throw people off and perhaps give up.