What we do provide as well is a few water bottles, and a couple packages of snacks, goldfish or cheese crackers and cookies.

Big box national will usually have the better rates/terms/etc for 100% vanilla cookie cutter full doc type scenarios, higher standards to get them all around.Sometimes a regional will have a full doc 100% vanilla HELOC that's where the big nationals are for rate/terms, and of course just as hard to actually get, you just have to call and ask.I field these phone calls and refer them out to who I think will be the best fit, but it's not like the Fannie stuff where I can be super accurate b/c I have a search engine showing a zillion banks and their exact rates/fees, it's more like "oh xyz type scenario, regional bank abc is usually really good."

I feel like I could be leaving lots of money/opportunities on the table when deals don't fall into the cookie cutter mold(purchase @ 70% ARV minus repair costs).

@Patrick Strain's comment about 'no strategy'-- I totally agree--no cookie cutters for me either! 

I send some cookies to the house each semester just before finals and wish them good luck. 

@Kevin Kelsey I know when sites wont load properly for me I just clear my cookies/cache and that normally solves my problems. 

Bring warm cookies

This is similar to the tactic realtors will often use when baking fresh cookies for an open house: it triggers a sense of “home” that helps buyers “see” themselves in the house.

I introduced myself the first day and made a point to learn all their names and build relationships (brought cookies to one elderly neighbor, played basketball with another neighbor’s kids, etc.)

That increased demand combined with the geological barrier to development created by the mountains is driving appreciation more on the west side in general, whereas out east Oakwood Homes is banging out new cookie-cutter homes willy-nilly across the plains as far as the eye can see, so there isn't any limit to supply (one reason I wouldn't recommend GVR).