Mods, if this is in the wrong area please move or delete.I pay for a monthly service that gives daily updates to the mortgage market, specifically how MBS are trading and market influences that sway pricing.

Hey Karen, A misconception about the real estate professional status (REPS) is that you can be in a real property trade or business (in your case, broker) and still qualify.

If your goal is long term cashflow and financial freedom than trading in two depreciating assets for one that appreciates and helps you scale towards that 10k vision in the future seems like the right move towards your goals. 

I was sick of sounding like a broken record, talking about broken records.Mortgage rates are determined by trading in the bond market, which take cues from many sources.

YET so apropos for anything guru or paid training in the real estate space or for that matter option trading or forex or whatever.Having been a back room vendor to a lot of these companies I saw it first hand..

I'm a CPA by trade and I am able to work around all areas and make do.

For example, if you dedicate enough time to real estate businesses and real property trades, you may qualify for the real estate professional tax status which is potentially a great way to reduce high W2 taxes. 

If there is knowlege of what their trade area demographics are you could theoretically use that to hone in on specific markets where there is no MCD's currently, but that would mean overlaying the current competition map as well to find those holes in their overall location strategy.  

Personally we don't do anything more than 50% leverage and right now we are right around 20% leveraged on our entire $4mm portfolio.i don't understand how people do all these 0,10-20% leverage deals and max out with little to no cash flow but have "100 doors" we have 20 doors but they are all high quality homes.Was an intensive grind and a lot of cash but I wouldn't trade our journey for anything -14 years later were at 20% leverage on our portfolio and dropping rapidly every month

Some will allow the sponsor to trade things like acquisition fees for ownership.