That equity must be moving forward, meaning you have to access it (I describe it as "melting" it), and move what you've gained access to forward.The best way to do this, is to sell the property, take the equity/cash, and use it as a 20% DP on the next property, or set of properties. 

When there is rain mixed with heavy snow melt the sewers in my town will back up putting water in my unfinished cellar once in a great while.

But you know what -- joke as we may, none of us tossed it.Some even set it out on their desk with what must have been some measure of pride, small as it might have been.So yah, none of us could take it to the store to buy cigarettes, and we couldn't melt it down into a gold nugget that would let us retire, and we all had a good ol' time joking about it, and I doubt any of us worked any harder for the Man over it.

(study the art of word pictures - many years ago I worked for the Dale Carnegie organization - they talked about the value of word pictures - how to put your prospect in that picture - showing him using and enjoying and benefiting from your proposal) Try it.I like to show sellers that even if they are not getting the up-front cash they expected, the owner financed mortgage and payments they are receiving don’t have to be passive – once the seller has trust in your owner financing proposal - reaching your goals is possible - (ALWAYS PUT IT IN WRITING -don’t expect a verbal yes – melt everything down to writing and knowledge of answering seller’s objections – this is a crucial moment in your negotiations. – Take your time.

If they were oriented south to North, both sides would get sunlight and tend to melt the ice. 

The forecasts vary quite a bit and their track record is that when rents appreciate a lot the estimates are typically too low and when rents are flat (especially when they first go flat) that the estimates are too high.10 years out is too far out for me to feel comfortable venturing a guess but I suspect rent appreciation for at least 5 years unless something like an economic melt down.

The midwest is a melting pot of natural disasters.

When things are melting down there is a need to buy-$. 

Nick Vertucci is a client of mine since 2002 I started with him funding his first deals in Detroit before the melt down..And its not the majority vote on BP to pay for any coaching as most on BP think that BP is all you need and its free..

It takes an incredible amount of heat and energy to melt limestone and the other constituents combined to make cement.