In his building in Mayaguez he has 2 vacancies for the first time in over 8 years and he has been steadily decreasing rent prices for the past 3 years in order to keep the other units occupied. 

My crystal ball agrees with the 2 to 3 year window of appreciation but at a decreasing rate.  

Needing a $100k may be 5 days of cash-flow for someone like Grant, but that's a high enough number to scare most of us from ever getting started, me included.Sacrifice and exercise your saving muscle to prevent schemes and scams, shortcuts and bad partnerships.  

How do you feel about president trump requiring FHA to decrease insurance premiums ?

If you are single and steadily employed, I'd say you can afford to take out a lot more than 25% of the equity.So here are my general thoughts:1) Unless you have a reason to believe your home's value will decrease, it's a safe play.

The rent you charge does not go down even if the home value decreases.

This should decrease the odds of being a bad deal.

What we would pay out of pocket for mortgage would decrease by about $200.  

Now, if rents don't cover costs or if you think the market has a good chance of decreasing, flipping probably makes sense.

I know plenty of people swear by it   But that’s following the crowd to me  https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hudson-valley/news/2019/05/09/newburgh-police-celebrate-drastic-decreases-in-violent-crime--plan-next-steps-for-a-safer-city