Perhaps I misjudged some comments and their motive but my only point to @Emily K. was don't give up and yes you can do it.The only reason I even mentioned me owning property was not to say I know more than someone else, rather it was to lend credibility to my argument that people who own property and do STR also do arbitrage and it does in fact work (at least for me). 

Hi April, sounds like you got an agent who is not meeting your level of motivation to buy or understand what you want.

So two weeks ago I bought about 250 leads for potential motivated sellers so far I’m on lead number 93.

Dee -What makes you think these are motivated sellers?

DO research on them and then be prepared. also discuss some top books that would be impressive to him......RDPD, the Go Giver, how to win friends and influence people etc

The Rich Dad stuff is just motivational BS, this might move you to action, but does not give you the information you need to put deals together or even understand many of the basics.

THIS is one  of the VERY few examples where DMM is a good choice.If you have a list of properties that for your own reasons you think they are motivated then yes, send DMM.Here are a few tips.I would NEVER do hand written.

Then you’ll want to Identify and understand specific markets you want to target and then work on building a list of potential motivated sellers and work on various marketing tactics like direct Mail, cold calling, etc.

@Rob Pattison@John A MurrayDo you realize how you are influenced by media hysteria and stories that you've heard but don't even know whether they're true.Do yourself a favor and to the following calculations:A.

I am more motivated now to keep pushing forward.