Or they could just have no clue how any of this works and be asking for nonsense.  

It ain't a singles ad.Each letter, IMHO, ought to address a particular issue that property owners encounter and then tell a brief story about how you helped someone with that problem in the past.they need to find themself in the story for identification purposes and see, over time, that they feel you understand them and their problems and are the best person to solve it.Then, it's your job to develop a means of converting them beginning with their first phone call to you.

Whereas if it was local it would ruin my whole day because I would go to the location and be yelling at people and/or getting yelled at or trying to solve whatever the crisis is.Now I have the discipline to hire a full team and property managers to handle all the "less essential" business aspects so that I can focus on the more profitable tasks - that is finding and putting together more deals.

Mice problems cannot be solved unless the openings are solved.

In the end it's a few bucks but will solve the problem going forward.As far as the laundry, I would recommend putting in coin operated machines.

Create a "pitch book" to show to prospective lenders, brokers, sellers and investors to clue them in to how serious you are and how well-thought out your business strategy is.

As you know there is a housing crunch in the area that won't be solved for years to come.

By applying the 80/20 law to your list, develop a criteria for the high shot deals and focus your attention on the most profitable opportunities tgat you can identify.You can also cross-reference your list and append other valuable information from delinquent tax and other distress lists.Be sure to continue touching your prospects continually with specific messages that might be appropriate for the stage of probate they are in and the likely problem the PR could be encountering (that you can solve). 

I've already dealt with one that didn't have a clue of what numbers where important (not that I'm any expert yet).

I think the key takeaway is to consider delinquent/defaulted property taxes as clues to a prospective seller's financial pressures.