The moment we sat down, this guy in a not so tailored suit and very pitchy voice spoke into a wireless mic and started with "How many of you are tired of working your 9 to 5" "What would you do if I told you that you could adapt our system and start collecting checks in just two short weeks?"

They may have a new technique, or move to a new market, and with that they can include you in on that.

There are innundating numbers of other forums and real estate mentor programs and techniques out there.

There's a million techniques and tons of books out there for eliciting information/negotiating with sellers (of all types).

This technique seems to help avoid due-on-sale transfer issues and creates more opaqueness and anonymity around your real estate holdings, which helps ward off plaintiff's attorneys (makes you a more "hardened" target).

Tailored clothes, fancy drinks, foodies = higher quality of life = higher rents.

reading books and networking also helped.I learned many of the tricks and creative stuff they were teachingSome of the courses were great, others just sucked the green out of my jeans.I started attending public auction - buying war zone houses - using credit cards and credit lines - borrowed money and the really biggie creative financingThe most important thing I learned about about creative financing is that I DID NOT need to suck up to lenders - yippeeI than discovered a cross pollination of the concepts of creative financing - the synergism of ideas helped me develop new creative financing techniques.Some of those formulas I still use today to close transactionsI work a formula known as Control and Roll - this is a system of controlling real estate with little or no money and assigning the contract within 3 weeks for cash using the auction method of marketing - this system circumvents all of those who want to slow an investors down - like banks - underwriters - inspections - condition of property - agents and others.During those struggling days - I also used a system called "Check Funds" this allowed me to control many buildings without the need for down payment money.Hybrid offers is another one of my pet formulas - this is where the seller becomes a partnerDelayed settlement techniques - with soft contingencies - getting automatic extensions without the need of being rejected.

There are several techniques that work for low money down and I'm always looking for more info.  

HOWEVER, they tout and publicize all these "no money down techniques".

Can this technique be applied in a hot rental market (assume no rent control in place) ?