Jim your also describing one of the huge benefits of being a transactional RE Broker ..

Expensive markets are often desirable because many people want to live there, driving up demand and prices.Reno, NV, for instance, is a market that benefits from diversified employment sectors, including tech manufacturing, hospitality, and recreation.

The meet up I went to a number of times in San Antonio was more for the benefit of the owner of the meet up.

Using a heloc as 1st mortgage really only has a major benefit if you have idol cash sitting around from your paychecks. 

To list a few...Anyone who wants to increase their property’s income potential (and equity) and build new housing in a market that struggles with high prices, low supply, and few new construction.House hackers who live in their primary and want to airbnb an ADU love this strategy or vice versaInvestors who want to do both long term and short term benefit from having two separate units.Rental Restrictions on ADUs.Thankfully, Raleigh is very STR friendly and ADU friendly right now.

Significant benefits are the marketing and management. 

Instead of paying this $6M to the IRS, they now are earning interest on this extra $6M and living off of the interest for as long as they want to while the funds are invested in stock, bonds, multiple funds or back into real estate at their own timing (all capital gains tax deferred).Here are the Benefits of a Deferred Sales Trust (DST) and buying real estate through the DST vs 1031 exchange1) Timing- Sell High and Buy Low: Partner with the Deferred Sales Trust (up to 80% of the funds) and buyback into and back out of real estate.

I never paint, swap rugs (except flooding), or do other improvements on rent controlled units This can lead to blight.Who benefits from rent control?

It will familiarize you with the basic terminology and benefits.

From that point, assuming another $500/mo, you'd then have 36k in 1.5 years, and so on.Also, real estate allows for much better tax benefits, debt retirement, and appreciation opportunities (as well as increasing rent over the years).Well what'dya know.