You can drive a nail into a board with a wrench, but knowing that a hammer is a better tool and then understanding the techniques on how to use a hammer is important too. 

The seller will think they have convinced you to pay more than you intended, but you will know that you orchestrated the negotiation effectively.Keep in mind that this technique is an art, not a science.

One of the techniques is Tax sales, which Texas is the greatest. 

As a realtor, I'd suggest wholesaling / listening to all of those podcasts, and using those techniques to find an owner financed deal. 

Bigger Pockets is great and we can all talk about techniques, and methods, and strategies....but knowing what plumber to use - we need to go local.Visit your local REI groups.

It's always good to point out the benefits ("wins") of your offer to the seller.Remember, you're trying to find out their problem and provide a win-win solution.Might be good to use the 3 offer technique.

Individually most techniques are difficult and frustrating; however, if you pool a few together AND work them consistently then you will eventually build momentum and have more leads than you can manage yourself.

Youtube search "car sales four square technique." 

So I kicked the habit - I stopped going to seminars and started to apply some of those ideas that were preached by speakers who were experts at extracting fees from me.I started to attend real estate auctions, studying the process - watching others make a lot of money - I decided to get a credit line - increase my credit card limits and started looking for properties (cheap- ugly buildings) in the neighborhood where real estate auctions were taking place - my primary goal at this time was to learn the market in the area where I wanted to control real estate - I would look at 50-60 houses (but made no offers - when agents would try to qualify me I just said "I have a small inheritance and will not need financing) - I kept a journal of the price per square foot,  comparing properties, and all comments made by sellers and agents (this helped me to find the seller dominate selling motive),  that was helpful - but I soon discovered that I was just looking for real estate in the conventional way  - I needed to do something else - so I started to look for owners of real estate who had problems (I applied Power Prospecting formulas) and at the same time studying creative real estate techniques from the old masters in the industry - became a member of the Washington Real Estate Exchange, hosted a real estate investor club and started to give mini creative financing seminars  while networking with those I wanted to emulate. 

There are techniques to get high occupancy rates.