PM me anytime I cold call daily for my business and may have some techniques that may improve your experience! 

The markets, rules, techniques, laws,  are changing constantly.

Many people seem to combine Dave Ramsey's technique with Robert Kiyosaki's- the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad.

I'd love to find more and larger multi-family properties but I think the most realistic approach to growing my business in this area is for me to focus on finding single-family buy-and-holds (most likely 3/2/2s).To that end I'd like to use wholesale techniques to find motivated sellers.

I would search forums and the Web in general for Wholesale Marketing tips and techniques. 

Try out different techniques and see which suits you best.

It's a good technique to get people together for meetups!

So, unethical, maybe, maybe not, from the standpoint of the buyer - yes it is, from teh standpoint of the seller - no, it is good negotiating techniques.

Any techniques you have to share!

It seems the most popular technique is to go through the county's office.