From a general contractors perspective, the instant I hear someone looking for a "handyman" I instantly think cheapskate looking to cut corners. 

So I realized there could be some instant capital gains here (see example below) -- how do you guys structure things to minimize tax liabilities?

When the GFC hit around 2008, my dad's Europe based business completely tanked, instantly, within a month he went from brining in more than enough money to absolutely nothing.

, but got it done in a way that I built instant equity and cashflow.

Getting a parent to add you to one of their cards as an authorized user, it instantly boosts your credit history.Get a store card, and only buy a few items that you'll pay off every month.Etc.

Include a business card and some personalized touches.None of these may give you instant results, but it's all about the end game, right? 

For a college town, we were expecting much better results comparing it to a city like Tempe ( where Arizona State University is located and all my AZ investment properties have pulled minimum 8% annual cash on cash returns).Now do not let this discourage you, just try and find some nice opportunities that you can have "instant equiy" after adding some value/ remodeling.

I have found an off-market deal that will allow me to gain instant equity and apply the BRRR method.

I have just been trying to observe patterns of prices and how long properties are on the market at their given price points and there seems to be a pretty clear price range where properties sit for a long time, and where they go pending instantly.

I can't point to an actual ROI, but I know I do get calls from their custom single-property websites and their "Text #### to #### for Instant Information".I know I'm not using it to its fullest, but I do like it.