When you buy at a discount, you gain instant equity.

"Good deal" isn't limited to cash flow deals.If I can buy a house with $100,000 instant equity, I can sell it and make $100,000.

If direct conversations have happened and the neighbor continues to use your private property without permission, I would get a towing company on speed dial, and the instant it happens call them.

I guess from a numbers perspective, if I have 100K to invest, it does make sense to put that 100K towards down payments on 3 properties in Texas or Florida, and be cash flowing instantly, as opposed to 1 down payment here in California and not be cash flowing.  

Become an expert on the values in these areas and be able to know instantly what the ARV (after repair value) is when you see a potential deal.  

If you are buying cash then that's instant equity to cash out refi and use it to buy other properties.

We started realizing that by buying under market value, rehabbing ourselves (and by that, I mean hiring it out), and then PMing ourselves, that we were able to add value instantly.  

If you want to go the instant landlord route you are probably best served with a decent size multi family and an on-site manager.

If anyone enters the property for an nefarious reason the police and I know about it instantly. 

Before I make my first investment in RE, I want to establish contacts and find good agents to work with.As i search for and begin to inquire about properties on the market, of course I instantly recieve phone calls from the agents.