its value is different for you compared to an investor and compared to an owner occupant. if your wholesaling than your value is as follows: ARV minus repairs, holding buying/selling costs & contingency, that total minus what you want to make as a wholeseller = purchase price/value of the homean investor may see the property in the same fashion just without the wholeseller portion so an investor is able to put a higher purchase price/value on it. an owner occupant doesnt see holding, buying/selling costs as an expense. they only see repairs costs as an expense normally so they would put a purchase price/value of the home even higher than a whole seller and an investor would. so the traditional mindset of a set value doesn't apply to real estate investing. that is more for the end buyer/user.

Remember, all money withdrawn from your traditional IRA is taxed at your ordinary income tax rate -- even capital gains.  

You'll be rich soon. 

Well, seeing as how everyone likes to mention Rich Dad Poor Dad on the podcast, I figured maybe we can start a book suggestion thread?

As for (realty brokerage catering) MLS services also offering (competing) LO, or other 'owner- financed' listings... that won't happen unless / until there's sufficient 'disruptive' reorganization and / or other larger realty companies start (seriously) thinking outside the 'traditional' box, vs. partnering with the likes of that (big lending - insider) company that was making people sign an absurd 50+ page LO contract (and ripping many of them off...) giving 'rent to own' home purchases, a BAD NAME.

I've done Ron LeGrand's Boot Camp as well as the 3 day Rich Dad Real Estate seminar, and I've read a bunch of great books!!

First round I did in 3 weeks (about 330/week) with traditional yellow letters. 2nd round (postcards) will start this week.

I'm getting feedback that my home will be worth a little more than I was penciling in my conservative estimates so I'll likely go the traditional route and get out of it right now.  

I have been interested in real estate going on five years now, every since i read the classic Rich Dad Poor Dad.  

A traditional lender is not likely to do that.