I will be gaining a huge amount of instant equity for future investment purchases.

Distressed sales may sell below a market value, for lending, that sale price is the value, you can not claim instant value as your equity, not in that market period. 

Hey All,Just came across Bigger Pockets the other week and instantly fell in love.

That is instant.

My instant thought was "How can this be?!

I have been harping on people to use DSCR as a metric when analyzing properties ever since I joined BP.When you talk to a banker and show him how your property perform based on a DSCR pro forma, you instantly gain credit as a knowledgable investor.

I live in an old 1958 tri-level that I bought with instant equity about 2.5 years ago.

Hello BP,Other than "scoring a good deal" or having "instant equity" in my pocket, what are the benefits of a property appraising for more than it was listed? 

I was instantly moved and the returns outlook laid out was exactly the kind of plan I was searching for.I look forward to meeting and learning from all of you!

Having the CPA designation gives you instant credibility and is applicable to almost every part of business.