VA is the way to go as
@LuxRiches suggested above.
I am doing my own outreach but it is pain in the ass process and I am always thinking of hiring someone else.
I get good sites, that's not an issue.. The issue is always the price.
When a webmaster asks you $300-$400 per post, it's commercially not viable to sell it for anything less than $600—it's not worth your time and hassle, but nobody is willing to pay such prices.
That's why you see those same lists doing circles, because the prices are cheap.
What's your niche? I can maybe send you the prices and contacts for some sites so you can deal directly with the webmasters... and I'm not going to charge anything.