The problem is  I need to learn a secret handshake or some such thing to get my offers accepted.

"There is no secret to becoming rich, just spend your life acquiring income producing assets."

Many people are looking for the secret to building and promoting a buyers's list.

Real estate investor reveals market secret to cashing inNEW YORK – March 10, 2017 – Real estate investor Sidney Torres is dishing on his big secret to making millions in real estate: Buy, don't sell.

That's all wholesaling is, it's brokering real estate except instead of being up front & telling the distressed seller that you'll sell their property for X amount & take X amount as your commission / fee you are taught to lie to the seller & pretend you are going to buy the property while you secretly attempt to "assign" your contract.It doesn't work.

A guru has secret "tricks" that they can teach you. 

That was 3.4% interest and a purchase price that is a relic of the past.The secret is just out at this point and you have to work harder to make a deal work.

I've been a secret lurker on biggerpockets for a while.

Any experienced short sale agent or short sale investor will tell you that the secret to finding a great short sale purchase lies in the BPO.

Or what if there really is a secret Reptilian conspiracy to raise global temps and farm humans, humm.