There is no secret sauce to this, invest in the markets you know and are comfortable with. 

For the cost and the sales pitch it was sold as the special sauce of Real Estate (RE) wholesaling.

cayenne based hot sauced mixed with water in a pump sprayer works all the time.  

I feel lost in the sauce.

Rather not say, it's our competitive advantage, or our "secret sauce".

Sounds like this situation will likely go to the buyer who develops the best relationship with the woman and figures out the secret sauce to make a deal work.

You just have to be patient, get good (and quick) at underwriting, and then the secret sauce, which I was told by a much richer investor is: be FAST to lock them up, and SLOW to do your DD in escrow.  

We have a description here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/656899-social-media-s-secret-sauce-making-a-splash-in-real-estate

I'm fortunate to have found local partners in Raleigh to help manage the day-to-day of the rehabs, showings, closings - and that's really become the "secret sauce" for us. 

The only functional advantage to the drop in would be not having the sliver of space on either sides of the range for dirt and spilled sauce to drip down to.