What happens is you eventually build up to lets say a million dollar cash value, and then deposit an extra 50k, and your balance turns into 1.11m because you earned 6% or 60k interest on the 1m plus your new deposit so your value goes up by 110k. 

He went on to say a properly structured business has multiple revenue streams.

They are going to live in say a 4 unit building and rent out 3 of them.

We can't say that about cash.And as far as your cheeky question: Can we really say a new car is worth 1 BTC?

But say a couple years go by and with a hot market the property is now worth $160,000.

Ravi Parmar, Your airbnb in Boston looks great and your reviews say a lot of positive things.

There is definitely more inventory up this way and I would say a better opportunity for cash flow if that is your main goal.

Say a hard money lender is in first position, and the HML stipulated that there will be no second liens (because a deed in lieu is simpler that way); but investor needs the rehab to be funded some too, so then seeks lenders willing to do loans with no collateral so that the HML is kept in good standing.

I mentioned the expense of there giant high rise and he gave me that telltale side smile, the one that we all know as "your spot on, and I can't say a word".  

If the tenant doesn't have a friend or relative to help him out, doesn't that say a lot about the tenant's character?