And remember this is the long game, it isn't an instant game.

I had instant equity of about 600k.

For example, I could pay my mortgage off on this property and my cash flow would instantly jump to over $1100 per month.

I know for that question many will say go to a local REI meeting, which I intend to do, but I'm looking for instant online gratification (and a wider audience) here:)

I can't imagine marrying someone with a six-figure student loan debt (that isn't a doctor) and that instantly draining my assets.

., Instant Equity) was one of the core concepts being taught here on BP?

As a long-term investor, I don't need the instant liquidity, and would rather keep the premium for myself.The other downside to the liquidity of a public REIT, is that it eliminates what to me one of the best features of real estate investing: that is not very correlated to the stock market and so including in a balanced portfolio reduces risk.

Sellers accept almost instantly.. and then end up letting my friends keep brand new appliances etc because the sellers ran out of time to sell and didn't want to move them etc.Moral of the long winded story is value isn't only a dollar figure.

A low percent is too risky even if you are looking at $30k profit, that could be gone in an instant if you miss something.

Gives it a fresh clean look instantly for under $50 of materials and less than 1 day of labor!