He knows all the tricks of making the negatives not look so bad and uses the word"may" to improve the apparent positives.

I have never followed any "tricks" to increase credit score.

This "trick" (Obamas' word in his speech) started with Herbert Hoover and all the new programs he instituted.

@Dmitriy Fomichenko thanks for the info and the trick to tag someone.

I haven't done it at all, just stuck with cash-flowing properties for now, but am always curious about learning new tricks of the trade.I have always bought out-of-state and deal only with that.

The real trick would be figuring out the numbers on a new property.

Now the trick is to find someone who will borrow you 100% of purchase price and 100% of rehab:)

It's not a trick. 

There are a few tricks to know, someone in the state you invest in can help you with that or talk to your chartered accountant.

Just wait till the trend of the buyer paying all closing costs hits KC... only a matter of time till that "trick" starts getting applied to bids there.