It has been so instrumental in our investing journey, and in my growth as a real estate agent.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I cannot stress enough how instrumental BP has been in even getting this far!

Also, my manager is instrumental in my learning process.

Mortgage REITs make money by borrowing short-term to buy longer-term mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and, increasingly, other kinds of credit instruments.

There are existing commercial loans that a lender may allow someone to sign the note and security instruments along with the existing borrower, but assumable means trading places with basically and that does not happen.The type of property is irrelevant to the type of strategy used.

@Alex Franks I see money as a tool, an instrument used to build your life.

My loving wife at a key point was instrumental in offering the support to allow our relationship to sustain itself, my confidence levels to be what they needed to be to succeed. 

Highly paid professionals that are looking for an alternative to the stock market and other financial instruments.

After fifteen years, the illusion that they're going to someday rent their (wholly unsuitable) house for passive income while buying a second, even grander and larger house, sets in.

Were the people who predicted the real estate recession making bold assumptions when they extrapolated from mortgage data and security instruments that housing was profoundly unprofitable and unsustainable?