Use the current flood insurance amount to negotiate a better purchase price while looking into mitigation techniques that will lower your premiums when you own the property for better cash flow.  

Phil offered at the meeting to explain 65 marketing techniques and 12 strategies to being a successful investor. 

I'm not one to generally spend money to learn basics, that information is out there in spades and as lot as you know to apply some techniques on finding reputable resources the information you get is current and useful so boot camps and the like don't sound my style but thank you for the advice.

But its a good example of how my negotiating techniques negotiated myself right out of a deal. :-)For every win you get, there are usually one or two losses you have as well like that.

Also, the higher your household monthly earning, the better this technique works. 

I specialize in thinking outside of the box and solving the problem that the property owner may have, utilizing various creative financing techniques.

there are a lot of facets to this, and most people will concentrate on one, but the greatest success will probably lie in a combination. that doesn't mean you won't have a conecentration on a certain technique, but you're ready for other opportunities that present themselves.

Share tips and techniques on managing, rehabbing etc.  

You get the principles of RE, legal aspects of general business/contract and RE law, local customs, math needed, appraisal techniques and valuations, contract reviews and the basic flow of a transaction (any transaction), you get standards of ethical conduct, an understanding of what others do, title searches, laws of agency relationships and how others involved in a transaction must operate.

dont get me wrong there are a number of legit real estate courses out there, but none of them tie into those two techniques.