Ability to extract equity through cash-out refinancing is one lever to pull but that's not a high reliability strategy due to market valuations and interest rate. 

Neighborhood class is subjective.Price to rent can be extracted on Zillow Data in a matter of minutes down to the zip code. 

Adding a sump might work, but you probably need drain tile to direct water to the sump for the proper way to extract the water.  

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In order to extract everything from this book, you need to take notes, there are so many different strategies, and bits of connected information its hard to consume it all at once.

I’d love to hear your experience with the crowd funding route as I’ve heard from others that they’ve had difficulty extracting their gains.Best of luck with all your endeavors!

Mostly I find the refinance LTV combined with the low refinance appraisals prevent me from extracting all of my investment.So if you choose to go OOS here is some advice: Familiarize your self with the 50% rule.

This is true even under the TCJA, with the reduced C Corp tax rate and assuming the business is a "Specified Service Trade or Business" the owner is phased out of the 20% QBID (i.e. the worst case scenario for an S Corp under the TCJA).I find C Corps only make sense in very limited fact and goal patterns (e.g. foreign ownership, when a company is anticipating going public, and/or when owners want heavy fringe benefits).Don't forget you get taxed when you extract capital from a C Corp -- either via salary or dividends. 

However are you not already probably extracting the maximum you can of the As-Is value or purchase in order to make the purchase?

The fact that there is a wholesaler involved does not change my calculations.I don't care whether a wholesaler is able to extract a fee from my transaction: Either it's a good deal for me or it's not!