I partner with an agent in Landers who is extremely knowledgeable about the high desert - all the way from Morongo to Landers to JT to 29 Palms... we know all the back roads, the secret areas, the high end homes to the jackrabbit homesteads!

The friend probably got the properties because he actually tried not because he "learned the secret"

LA's housing shortage is no secret (slight population decline has been reported lately but it's still the most populous county in the entire country), which is exactly why the new ADU laws were passed. 

The dirty little secret is that most of us didn't start with a real estate network.

So how do I know if my traffic is from fellow investors stealing all my secrets or from actual motivated sellers?

It is too good of a product to keep a secret.  

That's the secret to successful direct mail campaigns; keep mailing.Sharon Agreed.

A secret to cold calling that improves results is to learn to “mirror†(mimic) the person you’re speaking to on the other end of the line.

So I don't think it's any secret that things are starting to get more competitive in our markets.

I understand there is a "secret sauce" that you that the student/marketer is paying $1200 for.