Triple Diamond, Double Diamond, Diamond; nothing sounds bad) of sales levels, putting it on cards and advertising them.

You can find some diamonds in the rough don't get me wrong but if you aren't experienced enough to see red flags in the property/ transaction they can be costly. 4.

Kind of the mentality of the war torn countries like Angola/DR Congo - where leadership thinks "get them conflicts going and get them blood diamonds making us rich".

It's pretty cool finding these "diamonds" in the rough...There are two main paths to profit that I follow.  

I invest locally and invest out of state, and the main issue for most is the shiny diamond syndrome providing you the reasons why investing (insert area here) is the best place. 

@Todd Douglas must have a knack for finding those "diamond in the rough" properties!

We’re not a hotbed of oil, diamonds or even lithium.

They think they found a diamond in the rough that's been sitting for 300 days when every other experienced investor passed on the deal.

I've had Exec Platinum with AA for a couple of years and am Diamond on Delta already through 2029.  

(e-commerce company that was looking into bankruptcy last year, mastermind businesses, putting on broadway type musicals, including one about Neil Diamond) Their website is fairly opaque as to how they generate their profits in order to pay note investors the very high yields they offer, 14-23%.