But it’s everywhere. ‘10 life hacks’, ‘15 travel hacks’, 99 ‘food hacks’.....obviously they’re not talking about computer hacking their way into ingredients to make better food

Your vision and desire to even dream of doing a project this big, your resourcefulness to put all the pieces together, the ability to sell your idea and yourself, your honesty & integrity with everyone involved, your willingness to pay off your debts and make the hard sacrifices and your humility to share your experience are the ingredients of  super sucessful entrepreneurs.The things you've learned from this experience will help you for the rest of your life.

@Lee Ribeiro the key ingredient to receiving a conforming cash out loan is you. 

I get a lot of newbies asking me what are the key ingredients in being successful in the real estate industry.

First of all, it is Hemp, (not Cannabis), Hemp does not have the psycho-active ingredients that get you 'high'.   

A work ethic is absolutely a requirement to success...no doubt.But I think another often overlooked ingredient to success is passion.If what you do is a labor of love you'll never stop.

Luck and a propensity to take risks when you have more money than you will ever need are ingredients to get there in most of the cases I have seen.

Action is a key ingredient.

Is it possible that, (as you mentioned being online for years), was one of the main ingredients necessary to crack the code......Also, there's tons of stuff to market online....what directed you towards real estate?

You have what appears to be the secret ingredient for success; A NEVER ENDING PASSION!