-So purchasing a home with instant equity that can be used as even more buying power in so many ways to expand on my portfolio is much more appealing.  

Since my goal was both equity and cash flow and I was new to this I instantly jumped into the Equity portion rather than letting the effects of the rehab on the property and financing build equity over time and this has hindered my growth in number of properties because I spent way too much Capital per $1 of cash flow.So, how much capital did I spend per dollar of cash flow to get a single dollar of cash flow?

Perhaps it isn't set as instant?

Isn't part of the BRRR Strategy to create instant equity?

A cell phone can instantly put you in contact with real estate agents and sellers while you are at a property.

A good deal ought to net you some instant equity, and cash flow from day one, or asap.You give the market and sellers too much credit.

You won't find that the MLS instantly opens the door to investments you couldn't find on Zillow, but it does help you learn your market by looking at historical data.

I believe we could flip it and profit $15,000 to $30,000 (my profit number isn't exact because I believe with it being a HUD home and with it being listed for a while we could buy it under the listing offer which would be great because we will gain instant equity at purchase.)

Welcome, come check out the meetup we have, its always informative and a great source of instant knowledge of what other investors are up to here in Denver!  

So many of my peers will run around creating this culture saying that it's worth refinancing every 6-10 months, which is instantly what I think of when I see "go refinance again" followed by three exclamation marks ("!!!")