If they would like to sell I ask what prices will make them extremely happy and what price would make them cry themself to sleep. 3.

The Minnesota market is extremely competitive, and time is a finite resource.

Under contract for a property and was extremely happy.

Extremely detailed in his evaluations and would highly recommend him.

Unfortunately, the town that I purchased in is extremely backlogged, and it took 5 weeks to get zoning and building permits. 

As usual there wasn't much of interest on the mls when I was "window shopping" and I was finding it extremely difficult to find any owner info via my normal approaches of GIS and county assessor searches.

All I can tell you is that although it's extremely frustrating dealing with building departments and permitting there's no getting around them, even though it feels like dealing with the gestapo a times.As difficult as it may be, your best bet in dealing with them is to be friendly and humble, and leave out the "this isn't a free country" part.

I am extremely eager to get into real estate and property investing.

If your data set is really limited, I suggest the following: (1) calling the people on your list within 3 days of sending the mail, and (2) planning to send each person at least 6 more pieces of mail in 10 to 14 day increments.Direct marketing is extremely effective, but you really have to work at it. 

Its very compact (3b/1 ba, 1054 sf), so even with some structural repair to be done, I cannot imagine a gut rehab to be extremely costly.