One of their so called instructors from one of the training sessions asks the students to go to the five star hotels, or go play golf, or go horse riding, or go hang out at the high end night clubs for the sake of fund raising.

Do number, size, or area of investments owned play the biggest role in that decision? 

Allow things to play out, unless the buyer closes sooner.

Several factors at play: the sales market has been slow so many would-be sellers are converting houses they can’t sell to rentals, lots of new construction units have been completed recently, and in-migration has slowed down a bit.

The interest tracing rules come into play for debt financed distributions.

As a senior baseball player looking to eventually play pro ball after this spring semester, I acquired a serious interest in doing real estate as another source of income.

My nephew when to Cornell and played football. 

They are great as appreciation plays but that's not what most investors are looking for.C/C+ is where you're going to cash flow...

Exactly 1 year later my first tenant moved his family in where his kids and dog can play in the massive yard while raising 2 cows in the barn.

Compounding on one another sure that will have a big impact on the market but there are a lot of factors at play.