I'm very interested in finding a place to hang my license and do deals at my own pace.  

@John Pace On the last podcast, Brandon and Josh recommended this company https://biggerpockets.mysmartmove.com/My management co did the background check for me, so I don't have first hand experience.

The beauty of real estate is that you get to carve out a niche for yourself while proceeding at a pace comfortable for yourself.  

The number of people parked outside and/or pacing on the sidewalk was pretty significant.  

Further, while our developer has largely blamed the COVID and slow county approval as valid reason for delay, we are seeing other properties of similar size in the same neighborhood being developed and delivered in a faster pace, which make their excuses unjustifiable.

Despite ongoing material and labor shortages, apartment construction continued on pace this year, with more than 330,000 new rental units expected to be delivered coast to coast by year’s end.

So I could just keep things going along at the pace they went.

At least those I can sell very quickly at any time and get back some of my money.If anything, the long term (staring in late 1800's) Case Shiller data shows that prices roughly pace inflation.

My goal is to find an area that has the potential to grow at a very fast pace.

One thing they're leaving out is a simple law of economics - supply and demand.The fact is that there are new households forming every year.There have been no new houses built in the last 6 years and the pace of building today is at near-historical lows - and definitely not enough to keep up with the number of households being created that need homes.And then add to that the fact that there are a lot of people still under water on their mortgages that can't sell and it should come as no surprise that there currently is less supply than there is demand right now.