None of which you can extract.

In this case the wholesaler, most likely, soaked much of the profit out of the deal or the contractors pushing for a full re-plumb and full-rewire, and new hvac extracted the profit from the flipper.  

And yes, caving to their demands only increases the chances they'll keep nibbling away, because you're showing them it works.One counter-tactic to the Nibble is Quid-Pro-Quo: Extract a concession, no matter how small, for every concession requested.

This evening, a tenant of ours was notified by the police that a man they were pursuing had entered her home (our property).  He was of no relation to our tenant, just happened to be running through the neighborhood t...

IMO that is intended to extract some more tax money from those benefiting from the ten year abatements - the abatements are for improvements, but not land value.Anybody else see this happen too?

If I'm investing for appreciation then I have to refinance (at that new higher rate) to extract my capital.  

Your "down payment" would be whatever equity you do not extract from the house.Does the $438 include taxes and insurance?  

The other three own a share of the house but have no way to extract their money.Are any of these other three wanting to force a sale quickly to get their money?

Might be great for the mineral company but not for extracting the most value out of the land.How long you want to hold the land in your investment portfolio makes a difference as well.Definitely an attorney well versed in mineral rights contracts  versus a general practitioner if that is the way you decided you want to go.

I use the analogy that the small investor uses a carving knife to extract as much profit as possible from a particular asset whereas a big bank uses a meat cleaver because that's all it can use and that's all that it needs to make the profit it needs from the large amount of assets it can acquire at the lower prices it can acquire them at.