New Bern is not the hot look and sprint into for deals, but an investor who has a desire for affordable housing, or wants to tailor towards an more aging population then New Bern can be a potential location to look into. 

Do you have any techniques you follow?

I used a few of their techniques that have paid for their courses ten-fold.

Joshua,   There is a plethora of places to find wholesale deals and techniques used to find them.1.

There has been many times when leads come to me in preforeclosure, ready to sell their home for next to nothing and I, with their permission, work out a loan modification with their lender helping their payment plan and writing them our tactics that I tailored made to eliminate debt by using a few trusted applications.  

That’s scarcity marketing/ creating a false sense of urgency/ FOMO sales technique 101.

What marketing techniques did you find most successful (Direct Mail, Realtors, BNI, Leads, etc.)?

It's just my technique of engaging sellers is a bit different than most.I'm not a proponent(personally) of spending time assuming any direction on an opportunity until I am clear on what the seller's true needs and intentions are. 

I personally think that campus can be conquered if approached correctly with a different mindset and set of processes and procedures tailored to that segment, it's just a different animal.

It's also beneficial to explore regional or community credit unions in your area, as they might have unique offerings tailored to local investment needs.