When someone offers all cash up front, I dig deeper to see what they are trying to hide.

Don't bank the deal on getting cash back in a refinance.3.

Purchase price: $225,000 Cash invested: $26,564 Sale price: $340,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven, in collaboration with Mark Cantieri, successfully completed a fix-and-flip on Shalom Dr, Spring Hill, FL 34606.

The farm will not cash flow and it will cost me $400 per month for the next several years. 

The key is to ensure it will cash flow once you leave a year later with all the units rented.

Purchase price: $52,000 Cash invested: $14,700 Sale price: $127,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven, in collaboration with Mike Vasbinder, successfully completed a fix-and-flip on Turner Dr, Blairsville, PA 15717.

It can help you analyze potential properties, estimate cash flow, and evaluate your returns.

However, there is a tax deferral strategy that could accelerate your depreciation, keeping more money in your pocket today, known as cost segregation.A Cost Segregation study is an IRS approved federal income tax tool that increases near term cash flow by utilizing shorter recovery periods for depreciation to accelerate return on investment.

Purchase price: $128,900 Cash invested: $50,000 Sale price: $310,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven, in collaboration with Ron Rowan, successfully completed a fix-and-flip on Wren Ct, Griffith, IN 46319.

Purchase price: $376,000 Cash invested: $20,000 House hack owner-occupied investment turned to long-term hold.