Those couple hours of research will save you hundreds of hours of time down the line, so it's well worth the effort.

It grows so much faster and that early growth compounds over time, so having a little more invested early on is worth more than a ton invested later.There is a metric called cash on equity return.

If damages are about $4,000, would you take your tenants to small claims court, or is it not worth it and why?

If i sell my SFR rental for $450k and equity is, for example, $200k...Can i invest 100k into a new SFR worth $275k and invest the remaining 100k into a sponsored DST or TIC (which deals are usually multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars?

A straightforward way to estimate value is by looking at the price per square foot and using that to calculate your property's worth.In situations like this, it's worth spending a couple of hours yourself to get a solid understanding of the market.

So if it takes 10,000 calls to get one closed deal  that's $4k per deal which would still be worth it.

I won't pay more than what it's worth to me, regardless of what someone else paid for it.

If your tenant has a credit score worth maintaining they will not want an uncollected judgment to be on it.  

DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.

I haven’t had it appraised so just going off Zillow the property is worth about $250K, so we have about $163K worth of equity in it.