These are some of the easiest cold calls you can make cause the owners are willing to hear you out and listen to you.   

That should cause pause.    

., I think the way your going about it does more harm then good. 

And a ton of rentals available have hit the market the last year which has caused market rent to come down $100-$200/month.

- No time- Don't want to invest the time learning- Afraid of making a mistake that could cause thousands of dollars of damage to the engine- Don't want to get their hands dirtyTo DIY landlord or not is a similar thought process.

Watch youtube videos on how to underwrite deals.If you're not the money be the knowledge cause that's what money is looking for. 

That doesn't mean every property in the county will flood, but it tells you the base rate of events that cause losses.5.

Dents in drywall from doors or furniture, large or numerous holes, heavy staining or obvious impact damage fall into tenant-caused damage and can usually be charged.

I'll add that we are likley to remain in a mostly stagflational real estate market with market volume down 20% or more and prices still creeping up (the latter specifically in the Midwest and the North East, the rest of the country sees prices softening slow, so they are just stagnant).Consumer confidence is also getting lower, both current and forward looking, which causes a lot of people just to sit tight.

You listed a few things that is slowing you down or causing it harder to scale.