The MLS is here and is gradually improving..i think we will see a big push for it to be utilized more this year..especially as more REOs become available..I hope this can give you a good start. 

I was hesitant to pull out cash through a refi since my rate is at 4% now, and I have some savings and investment accounts for those reserves.My thinking was the interest paid over 1 year of gradually using the line of credit would be far less than loan costs and potentially tripling my current mortgage payment at closing.

You can gradually assume more responsibilities but that is definitely the best place to start.

Sellers became more and more greedy seeing they could list the property at a higher price than it's actually worth, and gradually a sort of a gap was formed between what sellers expect and how buyers evaluate the property.

Once experienced in the single family buy and holds, I will gradually move up to multi family properties.

If you were able to convert your traditional IRA to a ROTH IRA (or a portion of it annually) into a ROTH IRA, this would allow you to gradually take the tax burden over several years, rather than in just one.You would pay the tax on the conversions in the year converted, rather than when you distributed the property to yourself.Jim

Our plan is to use his lines of credit for BRRR's, rehabs and other deals.I feel limited because of my credit situation, which is improving gradually, and all I really have to leverage is the equity in my rental.Our REI goals are parallel:  buy and hold, rehab and wholesale along the way.In a nutshell, he has money and sees value in investing in my city.  

If you gradually work your way up through the construction ladder, it's probably the best way to approach beginning development.

If your annual adjusted income exceeds $100,000, the $25,000 loss deduction gradually phases out.

Today, I have resources available and I am gradually stepping out of the fear factor.