You invest in this area not for cashflow, but for debt pay down and increase in equity.

The appraisal came in slightly higher than expected and I have just over $100k in equity. 

My goal is to hold the property for at least 10 years and I've had it for 7 already.Here are the numberscurrent 30 yr fixed 5.875 with 23 months to gobalance 75,392payment is 487 117 principal 369 interest.10 year remaining balance would be 56,555New loan30 yr fixed 3.99 int ratestarting balance of 83,000 (high due to points& closing costs wrapped in loan)payment of 395 119 principal 276 interest10 year balance of 51,554The numbers aren't great but I would save $94 a monthand walk away with $5000 more in equity in 10 years.My only upfront cost is $500.Its thru quicken loans, am I being ripped off, I also found out my loan is eligible for harp 2.0 so should I continue my search?

Does anyone have any input for how much a rental property investor is looking for in equity to make it a good deal for him.

So if you have a $200K property with $20K in equity producing $2K net cashflow/year, then your Income Producing Asset is $20K with an ROI of 10%. 

This makes me wonder regardless of how objective he claims lead generation is, if their is a risk of inequality happening on this front (I know not to expect leads from my broker to be my bread) but I just am not sure if there is a risk of conflict of interest.

I may get up to about 71K in Equity I could leverage to buy another rental in the same city.

I currently own my own house in California and have approx $120k in equity on my current home (just some background info). 

I had built in equity already.

I currently self employed, have a primary residence that has about $200k in equity that I can't access at the moment unless I sell.