Also, I've tried searching some videos on youtube where people share some of their secrets, shortcuts, scripts, criteria selection, and other details regarding their direct mail/postcard campaigns and thats been very helpful.Best of luck to you!

In my several decades of investing I have found that purchasing with cash flow as the number one goal and the secret to success in real estate.

The secret sauce, is really just lead generation.

You may need a property manager, a maintenance worker, and a contractor before long.The secret to many out-of-state investors' success is finding and hiring an excellent property management company.

I would also venture to say that funneling all your payments into a HELOC is more likely to result in putting them "out of sight, out of mind", resulting in more expenditures in your day to day life and hurting your overall financial well being.There is no magic bullet or secret strategy when it comes to finances, but a little discipline can go a long way.

The secret is being able to identify it!  

A hidden secret where people feel excited to live there.That is my story.

baking soda + hydrogen peroxide 3% + laundry soapy solution seems to work best to neutralize the skunks secretions from hard surfaces (and pets fur), spot test first though.for human skin, tomato sauce or ketchup helps neutralize more gently. 

SwannyThe #1 question I have been asked the last year and especially the last few months is how do I identify and find the good markets I do to farm, you laid out my "secret sauce" (which is no secret in my opinion) the correct relation of those 3 metrics, not just 1 but all 3. 

hi karen. you are in a tough market. sure, here in new york, i am in buffalo by the way, you can assign a house. thats cool for quick flips. finding them is another challenge. if you are not getting results from the method you are using, change the method. i drive around looking for distressed properties. i have gotten so good at it, i could spot them a mile away. you would be amazed how motivated most of these people are to sell these places. here is a little secret i stumbled upon last year. the feds put a stop to so many foreclosures hitting the market and hurting the market a few years ago. so, they limited the banks amount of foreclosures that they could market. consequently, the banks chose only the higher dollar deals they had on their desks. who wouldn't?