Investors pick MBS investments for a little more risk and a higher yield.The reason rates didn't drop much last week is because they already did! 

There are several factors that lead to this, the primary driver is picking tenants who pay their bills.

Example - I owned a community center I needed to sell that I had picked up in foreclosure.

Partially because you did not rent it for an entire year but mostly because of upfront expenses: getting it ready for rent, buying furniture, electronics, and other furnishings, stocking up on initial supplies, and so on.

Pick a good career and college can be the smartest thing you ever did.

@Albert Hasson no doubt any strategy you pick will have pros and cons, that's why most people never end up investing in real estate, they just focus on the negatives.

Go to https://www.architecturaldesigns.com/ and pick out your house plan.

depending on what you are looking to do, there is a Market Finder tool within BP as well under the "Pick Markets" tab which has some data that may help 

I will pick more books and read them. 

But, as long as you plan to grow, it may be worth having that relationship in place so you're not scrambling later when your REI activities have picked up.Hope that helps!