Steve My cut and paste techniques will slow down if you keep me from doing it.

Find a low priced house in your area that seems like a reasonable deal based on some simple analysis techniques you can find here on BP (let me know if you need a link).

., my father can help with the negotiating techniques and he himself in his ripe old age will always learn.

@Carl Brown I would be interested in hearing more about your skip tracing success and techniques.

Billy I have tried a few different marketing techniques, but the most effective one for me is direct mail.

negotiation techniques are important to gain.  

very professional and to the point.I have bought many a property with this technique...

I'm going to Israel this coming week and I look to implement 3-4 techniques in my farm area immediately upon my return...

Where numbers and technique differ is when you have a SOLID understanding about your target area.

If you only know one technique, then all you have is a hammer and everything will look like a nail whether it is or not.Besides, I have picked up some nice rentals subject to.Bryan Hancock summarized the pros and cons of subject to nicely in his above post.