@Alexander Sobrado - There isn't a secret sauce but I can tell you as a relatively recent transplant into Des Moines (moved from Chicagoland to Bloomington IN to Davenport IA and have settled in DSM for the last almost 5 years...). 

And somewhat close to polar opposites on the not important stuff like she loves hot sauce on everything, and I will not eat it at all.

That is your "special sauce" the numbers are yours and nobody can tell you what those numbers are or should be. 

v=z7FlEBYET8Q; pre-foreclosure-secret-sauce-successAlso this thread which has some good discussion - https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/87/topics/468...

There is no secret sauce that anyone can offer, but they can train you how to talk to people and close deals.

Tomato, Tomahto

People like you in your position need to find a piece of content that tells you "OK if the seller asks you this: " but what if I bypass the 2.54 points of the mortgage proceedings into my IRS  bloompot horseshoe butter with peanut sauce".. and tells you exactly what to answer, in order for you to be brave enough to start (The answer is blueberry btw!).

.  :-)The reports are the awesome sauce.  

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I’m buying in the crust, but I think I might be where the sauce meets the cheese.