I had done a little due diligence before sending the letter and estimated they had about $60,000 in equity.

My initial investments when i was 16 were sold off when i was 20, this is of course short term/risky investment strategy, but those profits helped me get by when I first bought my house. we rented it out within 3 months of buying. money was tight at first.... until that rental income started flowing... so the sell of those stocks helped cusion the blow a little, and then helped upgrade a lot of the house after renter moved out (and we moved back in).basicaly traded a $1500 investment when i was 16 for about $40-50k in equity now at 22.

We bought 2 years ago with zero down, just waiting to get rid of that PMI... thanks to the boom, we have a good 40-50% in equity now :)just hoping to learn more about the real estate investing. we actually did rent out this home for 1 year. it was rough, but I might be willing to try again.

The land has over 14 million in equity( last appraisel dated 4/2005 appraised at $22,000,000)It is half a mile from a very very popular mall, with high in demand stores adjacent from it,and the area is growing rapidly. it is also zoned OCR, so there is so much that you can do with this development.

For the first property, after 62 months (your break even point), he would have built $56,754 in equity and on the second property using a similar reasoning he would have built $89,148 in equity.

I had created 100,000 in equity and was ready to begin my dream of buying fixer uppers when bang!!

Some of it is good (you don't pay income tax on the increase in equity of a building until you sell) and some of it is bad (you pay income tax for partnership profits that are reinvested in the partnership).

After rehab leaving the new investor about $70k+ in equity!

Also many properties listed come with built in equity.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT MONEY. i repeat DON'T WORRY ABOUT MONEY. focus on finding deals. when you can find deals money finds you. all you have to do is stand up at an investor meeting and say "i have a deal with $30k in equity etc... and i'm looking for a partner." someone's gonna approach you and want more info. 5. let everyone know you're interested in real estate. you'd be surprised who may be involved in your sphere that you never even knew. it could be a coworker with a few rentals or someone you see at the gym weekly etc.6.