When I got started with real estate 9 years ago, I was living and working in and around Boston.

The interest rate isn't that huge of a difference between the 15 and 30 so worst case scenario if you have the 30 year option is you start paying it down on a 15 year timeline - sure you'll pay a little more in interest over the 15 years, but it will have been worth it if you bought another house.

@Jay Hinrichs did you see the lawsuits already started? 

I went from a W2 job to building a portfolio of 500+ units over the last 5 years by starting small and scaling smart.

We just started using Rent Redi at the beginning of the year. 

I'm new to real estate and have recently become interested in wholesaling as a way to get started.

3) Any advice for someone starting out, especially when trying to scale a mission-driven organization like this?

Frankly I used to be on BP a lot, then when I started doing syndication, no one discussed much about syndication on BP so I just went to other places to learn.

It does beat the expected inflation rate of 2% set by the Fed.Rents will remain about the sameWhat’s interesting is they also expect:A 11.7% increase in existing home inventory followed by Single-family new home starts growing at an impressive 13.8%. 

Courses and webinars are great if you're getting basic information to help start you off, but you'll never truly retain the information if you don't apply it.