Regardless of your political bend it is an undeniable fact that governments want to tax and regulate and companies want to monetize.  

Point is, appreciation (both in RE and my example), can be monetized into cash flow, it is just not on a monthly basis.

I have done this strategy twice and my personal underwriting allows for 97% leverage, $500/mo NET cashflow (after I move out) and with that leverage I am usually over 20% cash on cash return when I move out and turn it into a rental.

Let's say you had 20 homes at 400/mo net cash flow after loans, that's 8,000 per month.

Its how you identify these leads and target your well-crafted message that makes the phone ring and it's if you can convert them cost effectively in order to monetize.

I generally have to speak to about 50 sellers before I get a "deal".But one thing I do is to try to monetize every call in some kind of way.

You might also consider a Monetized Installment Sale.

I'm actually hosting a couple events this month including a workshop on how to monetize your passion/business building and our REIA NYC Relaunch Celebration.

I even posted my plan to monetize my Social Security payment into over an over $600,000 lump sum using my appreciation as collateral. 

@Wendy Li I would try to monetize the amount of the value she has 'cost you' because of the requirement to disclose it as a grow house (and all check to make sure that disclosure also applies to legal operations), and tell her to pay it to you in the form of increased rent.