If its too costly or troublesome to get access to your equity the question of wether its smart is a moot point.I guess my point is make sure you have access to it before including it in your plans.

Smart choice, because with a newbie flip, you might just end up being a very fancy landlord with no shirt.

If someone's smart enough to figure out that they're actually copper, they're smart enough to know that painted copper loses about 80% salvage value.That's all people break in for around me.

This is a bit like selecting our politicians based on SAT scores - very imperfect, but at least you get the smart ones in office instead of the weird politicians that most democracies seem to have.But I do think they will face several shocks over the next few decades as they transition from a controlled economy to a free market.

I joined this site first to learn... no matter how smart I think I am, there is always someone around the next corner who can teach me a thing or five.

We all have other "stuff" going on and between us, we also have some Internet Web Site projects going on which pretty much take care of themselves.We are all pretty smart people and we are looking at property flips like any other business venture... do it right, get in fast, use good people, provide a quality finished product, make our money and move on to the next one.

Home Depot glass accent tile added a major wow factor to this kitchen back-splash.

I thought I was pretty smart setting my rentals up to all come due in the summer, until I had 4 empty within 2 weeks of each other and all need work. 

excellent smart cookie

Guard them with all diligence and don't listen to others tell you you can't do something when people who aren't as smart or as hard working as you are doing it everyday.