You could start with house hacking a duplex, improve the property overtime to increase the value and then complete the BRRRR a few years into it.In general your first property is not usually a home run, so don't use that as your bench mark. 

lol 😂 That benchmark cuts through a lot of great tenants and a lot of the population as a whole lol Personally, I take a holistic look at the whole applicant from the time they walk into my property.

Also NEVER pay the full amount upfront. 20% upfront or benchmark payments for larger projects are both good payment plans.

I mainly see then as a good benchmark.

(A 6-month supply is considered the benchmark for a balanced market.)

As expected, the Fed kept its benchmark interest rate anchored in a range between 0%-0.25%, where it has been since an emergency cut seven months ago (in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic).

Its better than a 10 year (3.75%), thats your benchmark.

Because once it switches to a conventional loan, the interest rate skyrockets because the size of the loan is above some benchmark like $600k (I forget the exact number). 

He would pay the counter-party (an investment bank) a floating rate tied to a benchmark rate (like LIBOR), and they would pay him (Orange County) a fixed rate. 

It could be a good benchmark for you.