Free 2 hours seminar, persuaded to pay £1000 for the 3 day training, persuaded to pay £20k-£40k or you are missing out, manipulating with images, videos and personal-moving stories, storytelling and lots psychology techniques, pictures on the wall.Really shameful, asked to increase your credit limit on the very first day, before lunch (that can really hurts people rates for future), really clever strategy so then they can ask people to use that money to buy their courses.

Are there any techniques to negotiate a fair purchase price?

I'd like to get your guys' opinion on some techniques to keep sellers baited on the hook once you've lined up an appointment.

A "co-op" is a share in a company that owns the real estate which is similar to investing in stocks.I recommend you start by reading some books and getting a basic understanding of real estate terminology and investing techniques so you can ask questions that make sense.

So I guess my question is what are some simple techniques that are being used to evaluate a potential market and submarket?

@Vee Vu, everyone has a different story and technique but I can tell you what my wife @Michelle Krupa and I did. 

Having a renovator who can check for the presence of lead-based paint and use appropriate renovation techniques is key.

It's critical to understand that the agent who recommended this rehab knew about building code, construction techniques, and the costs associated.

It's a great place to learn RE investing techniques. 

How I buy houses for pennies on the dollarhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/67...As you can see, it is a bit of an advanced technique so it requires a lengthy explanation.