I will teach you how better than ANY guru can.You just need to trust me that this list is important and give it your all to take it seriously.1) Grow  thick skin. 

Over the years of being married with children, my skin is thick enough that this won't change my technique!

Here in Atlanta buyers of listsource.com absentee and Clothiers find motivated sellers now (true vacant houses) service have mailed some sellers an inch thick stack of mail.  

Some are very angry about the traditional real estate agent process so thick skin is needed at times.Expired Listings - This list is exclusive to real estate agents and brokers.

As I did this in the early to mid 90s its amazing to see stands we logged and are just popping back thick growing well 30 foot to 40 foot tall doug fir about 20 years from the next harvest.And we did run into the land owner also that  unbeknownst had a financial need and we saved the day..

Actually, she is correct, considering what the dictionary tells us about the adjective you used:viscous | \ ˈvi-skəs \Definition of viscous1: having a thick or sticky consistency -- viscous secretions, viscous corn syrup2 technical : having or characterized by a high resistance to flow -- viscous lavaExample of viscous in a Sentence: viscous syrup that takes forever to pour from a narrow-neck bottleThe mental picture of a "viscous" dog breed gave me a good laugh.

For me there is nothing better than curling up late at night in front of a roaring fire and reading a big, thick book on taxes. 

Michael,i appreciate the response thank you.just to be clear, I have thick skin, been doing large scale construction for 23 years and transactions totalling in excess of $200mm but it just caught me by surprise in one of the forums when someone had asked about a investment property str and it was a vague question and got a "holier than thou" response and when they responded back they essentially reduced the person to a you tube investor lol.

Again, you’re going to need binders (I always use white binders) that are 2 inches thick this time, not 3 inches like the ones you used for the mail system.

If you're going to be in RE, you need thick skin anyway, better to grow it here than with someone on some deal. :)