Of course not all landlords are up on sales techniques but you must always stay in control.

Talk to neighbors for anecdotal tips on your target's affiliations with other neighbors, church, associations or interests.Try searching their name online search engines.Look at major social mediaReverse engineer the property title for hints at prior addressesLook for clues of other relativesAncestry dot com may have an existing family tree posted or hints at relatives, ancestors, perhaps offsprings and siblings.Skip trace techniques can go pretty deep.

My understanding is that this technique is used so that the owner with payroll can avoid sharing a 401(k) policy with their employees.

The strategies and techniques you learn with REI allows you to invest and make money anywhere.

I’ll use some technique to leverage for more props. - numbers fit - Cap rate, ROE etc.

That's it, very powerful investing technique if implemented correctly. 

It appears some of the techniques he talks about in the book are obsolete since the housing bubble burst in 2008/09 (putting only 10%, and even in some cases NO money down).

Marketing success is different in every market so you just need to research the marketing techniques...direct mail, driving for dollars, seo, ppc, referral, bandit signs, cold calling, etc. let me know if you have questions.

Facebook and Google ad words is a great strategy to acquire leads with the correct technique I’m here from other wholesalers.

So, if you pay loan costs tell the borrower to see their tax advisor.Several techniques to use, pay new loan costs, discount the payoff, refi less and take an unsecured note for the change, payoff other debts to help them qualify or buy down the interest rate on the new loan.