Being able to march to the beat of your own drummer (success over time despite the temporary setbacks) no matter what the rest of the world thinks of you.George Bernard Shaw:  “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.

Since nothing is new in RE, you really need to learn RE, not tactics, then understanding the conventional methods can then be adapted somewhat to meet specific requirements.

Now we are adapting to what our forte's are. 

Observe and adapt and avoid making rash decisions.

I think the most important part of us working together successfully was your ability to adapt.

So, keep in mind "nobody like to be sold, but they love to buy" as stated by Jeffery Gitomer.Being that Facebook is now favoring these more engaging creative campaigns we need to adapt.

I think as long as you are able to adapt to your market then you will always be able to get things to work.

I believe this is greatly due to the owners not adapting to the times and keeping up on maintainence and living accommodations.  

@Christopher Davis remember the 1% rule is really a guideline and needs to be adapted for your area and your management.

My wife and I are in the process as we speak looking for a duplex to start our first house hack and discussed our comfort continuum in detail and also hedonic adaptation.