As soon as I called, he instantly knew who I was, and told me that he was turning 80 tomorrow (yesterday, so guess who got a birthday call!).

Stewart is the largest by far so its instant credibility with our sellers.Ask them to recall the last time they purchased or sold a home, and how they went through a title co.

Rehabbing a property will build instant equity and since you updated most items of the house, I would think the maintenance costs would be Lower.

Got a good deal, got instant equity, took out a line of credit on the equity, and started flipping houses with that line.

It's almost instant for us.

You don't want to buy hard assets if your desired goal is instant cash flow(sub 2 years).

I focus on getting people into good houses with instant equity.

Once the total amount is on the HUD-1 and it's paid for, the title company will send out the checks for rehab, and the INSTANT you have a tenant in the building (they will check at appraisal per guidelines) and a signed lease, you can start underwriting.I have done this multiple time, and the quickest one was completed in a tad over 8 weeks (that's from the day I paid in full, to the day I received all my funds back)the one big caveat seems to be finding lenders who will participate in this.

My investors that buy what I consider "higher end" rentals are unique in that they are looking for LONG term buy and hold and don't buy based off instant equity or high cashflow. 

But 100% financing when the market goes down means you're instantly upside down in the property.