That's the sauce.

The fundamental "secret sauce" to Real Estate Investing is the leverage of funds.

@Bakir Ebrahim The "Special Sauce" for Real Estate Investing is the leverage of capital, remove that factor and returns significantly underperform in comparison to other investing potentials.

No longer do homeowners need to fear dripping red wine or spaghetti sauce on the kitchen island.

It's also the secret sauce to your "Big Mac" or the original herbs and spices to your "Chicken leg".

Realtors work on commission and any realtor worth their sauce, is not going to keep showing you houses if you are looking with others, it's just a bad use of their time.

If your followup question is "but if market is at top how do I get a deal", my response will be "your obviously not a flipper" and "flippers don't buy from the MLS, that's the secret sauce, how we source deals, not the hiring of a GC to build something". 

The buyer asks "Can I grow tomatoes and put them at the street for a buck a bushel".

In the rural MN markets I work in I believe my "secret sauce" is all about my out-bound efforts be it cold calling, community networking or driving for dollars (yes, in that order).Also financing may be a bit tougher at first but with work to connect into local banking for portfolio lenders the coin will flip and you should have a much easier time on the $ side than major markets.

@David Olmos - one a day for 15 days is weak sauce!