Rate drop predictions are largely a bunch of hopium from Barry, the MBA, and the NAR looking for a bailout. 

I remember I was speaking at a conference many, many years ago when a young Stanford MBA I know texted me saying he was also at the conference and could we talk.

Hey, all, I've started scouting lenders for when I graduate from my MD/MBA course in the spring and am able to access my physician loan. 

This can be made easier with a Masters in Real Estate or Finance, or an MBA.  

In real life, the portion that goes to principal increases by the same amount that the interest due decreases.Credentials don't seem to matter in this thread, so I won't mention the MBA I have with a specialization in finance, or my time spent as a commercial real estate loan servicer.  

As for Marketing, I've never seen an agent propose a marketing plan with market segmentation, value proposition, buyer profiling, market analysis, or any of the MBA type stuff. 

RE is related only to the extent that RE is the collateral, note investing is an area of finance.You don't need an MBA in finance, but you do need to understand the financial arena and mostly it's about laws relating to both finance and real estate.Doug, sorry I missed mentioning you.

People write essays on their position, instead of bullet points on the facts, pros, cons etc.  

But as an example, if you look at Andrew Steedman on his website here is his linkedin profile:He has never worked FOR Norada, he is outsourced. (11) Andrew Steedman, MBA | LinkedInThis is somethign I look closely in and ask when investing.

I finished my MBA in Business Analytics about 2 weeks ago.