After reading books like the “Millionaire Real Estate Investor” by Gary Keller, and “HOLD”, by Steve Chader, Jennice Doty, Jim & Linda McKissack, the general train of thought seems to be buy the property with no less than a 10% below retail to achieve instant equity.I’ve been experimenting with some scenarios to see what my best offer might be on a deal.

It's free, instant, and very user friendly.

I used to look on MLS and instantly find 5 properties that were worth buying for full asking price.

I would suggest doing the hard work yourself by finding a value add property that you can get some instant equity in and then with a management company putting in place a system to create the cash flow and returns you desire.

It's accessible any time in an instant.

I have not worked with them.I have worked with a company called Capstone Financial with clients on commercial deals and closed them.I don't know anything about the company you mentioned good or bad but be VERY CAREFUL.Sometimes I will see a trend where some companies will pop up with a very similar name to a credible lender that has been around a long time to legitimize themselves for instant credibility.

Bathroom isn't terrible, but the off-white tub/toilet/sink instantly date it. 

I thought that daily messages were not instant and that I would not get multiple messages per day when updates (that I did read) were posted.

All those comments come in the form of an email, so adding them to a "box" is simple.All the form requests from my web sites come to my inbox where I can instantly add the contact info and start a new box, complete with reminders to whichever pipeline it belongs to.The best part for me is one click to set the date of next contact.

If the property appraises for more than what your purchase price is, then you have instant equity.