My experience has been as follows -appraiser calls me and asks for the contract and all property infothen it magically appraises for exactly what it was in contract ati think they are worthless and should just pay me for a BOV instead

Laser Focused Daily Activity, that's the magic ingredient.

Marie Poe said about land trusts and LLC"Google Magic" you can read a ton on it...

ROI on paying down your mortgage early will be exactly equal to the interest rate on that mortgage, before considering tax implications.So if it's "put the money in a savings account" versus "pay down my mortgage," you pay down the mortgage.With the caveat that a cash out refinance also has closing costs.If there's somewhere you can put the money to work for better than 3.75%, especially if it's cheaper to liquidate it from that other alternative vehicle, you do that.In general, I think that if your goal is to pay down your mortgage JUST SO you can do a cash out refi later and for no other purpose, you've been maybe oversold on the magic of the cash out refinance. 

People don't magically start behaving this way. 

there are no magic secrets when it comes to marketing.. the key is to consistently get your message in front of potential sellers.

@Jennifer Lee If I was the Seller, I would be suspicious of my Listing Agent if they magically found another Agent on the very first day of listing with a Buyer prepared to pay the full (Listing Agents) asking price [especially if it came to light that those two Agents were already friends].

Do what you need to do to stabilize your portfolio and the keep moving.There is no magic answer and no magic pill.Keep working the problem until it’s stabilized.

We spent about 7K in make ready and then magic happened we leased the property for $1,095 to a husband and wife. 

If someone won the lottery does that suddenly given them magic insights they didn't have before?