Cats scratch things and their urine is harder to get rid of than your trailer-trash relatives on Thanksgiving day.You need to figure out a way to assess risk and then mitigate that risk through monetization.

HELOC) on a property to monetize instead of selling and incurring a capital gain would allow for a stepped-up basis at death and a smaller tax liability.

In my experience, the primary barrier to accreditation for some classes sold is the monetization of how they are marketed.

Lots of ways to monetize a deal like that at that price.

You can make any solid investment at a discount to intrinsic value, sit on it for 15 years, monetize, and buy an annuity.

I think a better investment would be solar heating, but that would be hard to monetize in a single family property.

And look for opportunities monetize unused areas outside your structure.If you're trying to increase your equity, just realize that you cannot force the appreciation of a duplex.

Then $5,600 x .75 ( 25% tax bracket) = $4,200/mo net income.  

I'd like to monetize the lease.

Also I think you might find that educating new investors on how to analyze deals might be a better way to monetize your skills.