What methods do you use to pick up properties?

Fraud  - A guru states that using his methods will lead to riches but his methods are actually illegal, or states he has been very successful utilizing this method and the truth is he hasn’t.3.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

So this method works in this high interest rate environment. 

Do you have any particular criteria or methods that have proven to be especially effective in ensuring that the loans are solid investments?

One way to buy real estate for cash flow without using any of your own money is by using the "BRRRR" strategy (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat).

Does this sound like a creative financing method that will work?

Right now, the one that has been catching my attention the most is the BRRRR method.

My thinking is that with a heloc as the downpayment or in this case with a foreclosed property, it would 100% of purchase price, I could refinance using traditional methods and pay myself back.  

This sounds like a different situation than a "BRRRR" strategy refinance question - however, this article published here on BP last year goes through a lot of the different refinance options on the market for investment properties.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/brrrr-loans-what-are-the-...