There's no secret or magic to investing in real estate- you've answered your own question. 

It is over 12k acres and I think is one of the best kept secrets, and it shouldn’t be!

They get along well enough but still struggle in secret financially and miss out on a lot of things that they would like to do because of a lack of money.After you refinance the house and pull out as much equity as possible you can rent it out and most likely still be able to cash flow on the property.

Timing might be right, people need to live somewhere, why not at your house, the one you just creatively controlled and negotiated a giant discount on  an IRR of 37%.Baltimore is on the crap list now to many who listen to nay seers , but folks need housing, businesses need space, sellers need end results; Timing  may be right if you are smart enough to see thru the crap that is going on and learn the secrets of creative financing negotiating skills, assignments and creative ways to insert yourself in the chain of title.

My only "secret" is that we broker VA loans to places that do not have juiced up VA profit margins.

Secret shop other ALF's in the area12.

The "secret" is out on Fayetteville.

The secret is to just start!  

Stay away from the guys wanting to charge you 6 figures for their "secrets". 

There arent many secrets to this business and you can sum it up to using emotional intelligence, common sense, knowing the law and managing people when they do the unexpected.Read and ask more questions and keep your money in your pocket to buy property.