It's a nominal cost and they can do batches if you give them a list.

They need the investment to generate some cash today but can be nominal and get more equity on the back end.3.

I can make an tech call to you for a nominal fee Phil 😀

Also some appraisers and brokers/agents do BPO's on properties which is an opinion of value for a nominal price ( Usually a 100 or below for average).If not many sales are available be conservative in value.

I am helping a friend get his handyman business started and working on a few of his bigger jobs (for a nominal consulting fee lol).

On the other hand, if you own free and clear, like you said, your cash flow, in nominal terms is much higher, per property.

In my experience, the 2nd lender during a short sale takes such a nominal amount it shouldn't really make a difference.

1) Put 400K in passive investment yielding 5% with no further work required.2) Wait about 37 years without touching it.3) Principal will now be approximately 2.4 million and should kick off 10k/mo at that 5% rate.Watch out for inflation (hope that's a 5% real return, not nominal)If you found yourself not liking that plan, you may want to get realistic and realize a few things:1) 30% returns, while not impossible, are unrealistic2) Getting to 10K/mo cash flow will be anything but "passive" 3) "The path of least resistance" won't get you there.

You can do that for a nominal fee and you don't even need a court judgment to do it. 

it depends on the area but, on my cheap properties I have the land at a nominal value.