Yes, I have a Google voice number setup and answer my own calls and do the direct negotiating with sellers. 

My voice mails dropped off substantially!  

They're your voice and guide in the very scary process of buying a home, so you have a right to feel good about your representation.

So put on your best Waylon Jennings voice and sing with me, “Mamas, don’t let you babies grow up to be broke kids.”

As I lamented about the whole process, all the wasted work, wasted research and time I spent NOT making a deal, I was reminded by a trusted, guiding voice in my life (my wife) of the reality of the situation... 

The ‘need’ to be right from the loud voices is a dopamine fix too.

You can do it in a reasonable tone of voice. 

For that status, maybe  you will want to call them back in a couple months, or possibly not call again.For all phone numbers that result in a "no answer" or "Voice mail" status, you could run the lead information through a data appending  service. 

She turned out to be a he, as the response was with a James Earl Jones tone of voice, so yeah, I had no idea who I was talking to I suppose, it can happen. 

However, I am still interested to hear your voices if what are the good documents (contracts), effective script for cold calling, best marketing strategy, hot zipcodes, etc.