It's no longer secret that even in SF most real estates are bought by the startup of founders of the tech 21 bonanza.  

The next class will be a few hundred$, and maybe you can network more, but there's likely to be more classes costing thousand$.And even the Gurus will tell you, their "secrets" won't help you if you don't put in the effort.

Consider getting a credit card or doing other responsible actions to build credit if you don't currently have any.Note that the secret to real estate investing is patience.

If there's a "secret sauce" at all, that's it.Now, can you juice your cash flow a bit with STRs/MTRs or house-hacking?

Your choice: Listen to the agent selling it to you and reaping the potentially large comission or listen to someone who knows the tricks and secrets and then go buy it from whomever you want.

Hi @Sequaisa Mcphearson, most people won't want to share trade secrets like this, because they are afraid their local competition will see the tricks and get more doors...But hey, I'm here to help, so here goes:-First, don't assume your market positioning is correct. 

Or they do that great of a job so you can't let the secret out the bag?

It's no secret that Columbus, Ohio was named the 3rd hottest Real Estate market by Zillow for 2024 - https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/real-estate/columbus-n...This shouldn't be a surprise with so many fortune 500 companies like Intel, Google, and Wells Fargo investing Billions in Columbus- https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/road-improvements-be...- https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/05/08/google-is-building...- https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2023/12/12/wells-far...But I am constantly asked, "where are the deals?"

My friend had a secret cinema room and just gave a few hints about how to find it in the guest welcome basket. 

I've made it no secret on BP that I think the subject to product takes advantage of sellers that aren't savvy.