But once that's done you'll have a much easier time accessing all units for inspections, repairs, etc. and things should move faster.All that said, things don't happen in the blink of an eye.

You can do a HELOC on rental properties with some lenders to access the cash, but you’re essentially taking more debt out on them.

This all came from a computer, printer and Internet access that was my startup cost never thought about it that way before, but yeah, thanks for sharing.

They can provide you with insights and access to deals that might not be widely advertised.

If I was doing $5M a year or more then I would potential be looking at it differently.I want to note I have had people who prefer private lending over traditional because they do not want to go through the hassle of traditional and are ok paying more for ease of access/dealing with a lender.

It contains hundreds of files such as ebooks, checklists and spreadsheets for real estate investors: https://www.biggerpockets.com/filesGood luck.

But my point is that I can absolutely access the equity if I were to sell.

This will vary property by property and area by area, but in area not only do you have all the city/county level planning: access, traffic counts, density requirements, unit counts for school districts, sewer capacity, etc, but you also have neighborhood councils which will have additional level of say in final design, scale, unit counts, uses, etc.  

I have access into a volume of on-market and OFF-market actions the novice does not.

Secondly, I would be paying for access to their Stellar MLS which I already have access to through Georgia.