Most deals are not coming from buyers marketing directly to people with equity, good old fashioned door knocking, and inside relationships for those REOs an short sales that just can't get through the finish line.

I still print out old-fashioned paper leases and have genuine signatures on those. 

Obtain your likes the old fashion way.

I'm consistently amazed at how well this works, even though almost all of these links are nofollow.Old fashioned tactics like article submission, bookmarking, directory submission (great for infographics, at least for now), forum links, etc., have limited value, but there are situations where these types of links can be beneficial.

It operates similar to what you see in this next link: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2008/02/09/managing-tenants-part-three-written-criteria-for-tenant-selection/ Don Beck also has a scoring formula that comes with his system; it's all about rating tenant applicants in a non-discriminating fashion.

This helps the machine move in a smoother fashion.

Being a direct, old fashioned landlord, my sister just went over there and told her get dressed and told her she never wanted her to be naked again in the neighborhood.

It is a sad fact however, that the (and I use the term loosley) "Justice System" operates in a fashion that enables frequently unscrupulous folk to take advantage of others.

Support's already been thru court and I've been paying in a timely fashion ever since.

We are also about to roll out a video podcast the old fashioned real estate show where we drink bourbon old fashioneds and talk about real estate.