As you can see, there can be little subtle things you want to be aware of depending on the state you are in.

The biggest differences I've noticed have to do with:Where to get the list for your direct mail marketing - from a data service or directly from the county (my course teaches both ways and the pros and cons of each)What kind of mail piece to send out - postcards/neutral letters or blind offers (my course explains both, includes several mail templates for both strategies and explains the pros and cons of each)There are other subtle differences too with things like:What kind of pricing framework to use when sending offersWhat kind of software and services to useWhen the due diligence should be done during the processHow deep the due diligence research should goJust to clarify @Amy Aziz's point, the postcard approach is one of the direct mail strategies out there, but definitely not the only one I do (like anything, there are some scenarios when it makes sense and other scenarios when it doesn't).

THere is a new expert popping up every day, a new podcast, a new guru building credibility (or attempting to) in subtle but dubious ways.

I still vape and consider myself a vaping enthusiast, although I now do it for "clouds and flavor" as opposed to getting a nicotine fix.  

I especially appreciate how the subtle differences within neighborhoods are delineated and described, like the various parts of Germantown and Mt Airy, and in Cobbs Creek and west Cobbs Creek, which are the neighborhoods I know best. 

It is hard to pick up subtle clues from an avatar. 

Let the bro investor, and every other flavor of unintelligent investor run rampant. 

You've had a few flavors of replies here and they all seem pretty good and well-informed. 

:)We see and welcome some subtle softening in the multi family arena that makes that space more reasonable for everyone involved Falling of a cliff ?

I've been out for 17 years, but I'm still working in the DoD and I can tell you I have noticed there has been a subtle downtick in service members PCSing every 3 years as in the past.