Or are you looking to buy wholesale and have instant equity?

Now, even poor people are fat, waste food, have the internet, have a car, have Air Conditioning, live in bigger houses, everybody has access to electricity, gas is relatively cheap, we have an Over Supply of Oil, roads are relatively well kept, tires last longer, instead of a car going 100,000 miles they go 300,000 miles, clothing is almost free at 2nd hand stores, bundles of clothes are shipped over seas because they can't be sold here, everybody has a gadget that fits in their pocket that gives them instant access to anybody in the world by entering a phone number or email address or URL, can play 1,000s of songs, and has far more compute power than what it took to put men on the moon. 

Angel,The 2nd lien programs I offer all allow for AVMs(automated valuation model), they provide a value instantly and you'll know how much you can borrow instantly without having to pay $500 for an appraisal just to maybe get nothing.Zach

Instead, we have a consumer society focused on feeling good and looking good right now, fueled by credit cards, car loans, and payday lenders. 

As a landlord, I ask for either cash, instant online transfer (instant) or cashier's check for 1st, last and security.

I can't tell you the number of times I've had to persuade them not to rent furniture or go to these payday loan places. 

Flipping and the instant cash injections from profits are great, but you lose 40% of it to taxes (not exact, just a round number to toss out) and once you stop flipping, so does the income.Look to BRRRR (buy, rehab, refinance, rinse and repeat) at least one asset for every few flips you do.

SFH lots that are rezoned to duplex or low rise will instantly get 50-100% return.

He instantly agreed to send me 2 months rent, and I had the check in hand a few days later. 

Valuable lessons like this will certainly lead to bigger paydays and a prosperous investing career.