@Veronica Joyner Generally speaking, ground-up construction (GUC) is a very high-risk venture with a lot of variables not in your control and if a developer were to default mid-way, lenders are left holding the bag with incomplete construction and no way to monetize it other than selling it for pennies on the dollar.

During the winter, I think about how to better monetize wasted spaces in our properties and was thinking about the same thing at one of our properties here in Providence. 

A good solution for you might be to use a Monetized Installment Sale instead of a 1031 exchange.

I'd rather have 7 or 8 houses cash flowing 100 to 150/mo net profit and worth 140k apiece (total of around 1 million in ARV) then buy one house somewhere else.....

We provide a tower fan, but no portable AC unit.We're thinking about buying portable AC units, but are looking for tips on how to monetize it correctly.

The underlying loan stays in place, so I make a $517 spread each month after payments come in and go out.I know that example is not based on a Zero interest underlying loan, but I think you can get the picture on how to be able to monetize a sale like this.Happy InvestingDerek Dombeck

I'm also assuming you mean $750/mo net, not gross.  

But having a high net worth (i.e. high equity) may be priority to some and allow future monetization, whereas good cashflow now may be focus for others. 

@Shak AmirShak: Your friend can also consider selling the property as a monetized installment sale or what I call a "simplified" monetized installment sale.

Brian gave some excellent examples of how to locate and monetize some.To do this, one must learn the basics of RE.