That is how you earn profit.http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/25/bay-area-wag...Case in point: Over the five years that ended in July, the median home price has rocketed up 94 percent in San Mateo County, 74 percent in Santa Clara County and 67 percent in San Francisco, according to figures from the CoreLogic real estate information service.

@Max James   unemployment sky rocketed  renters defaulted like homeowners this led to a huge melt down in values in most of the heavy rental areas .. along with the markets were rampant speculation was occurring ( think Vegas  FLorida  PHX and central CA.)

It's not rocket science.A plumber will charge about $600 without permit and about $800 with a permit.

In addition to Rocket Mortgage, consumers can contact Quicken Loan, LendingTree, RP Funding (who is also getting into the REALTOR REBATES via Listing.com)Actually, check this out, here is a Google search of Mortgage Lenders with 3,150,000 results  https://www.google.com/search?

With where the stock market is going, you may get lucky and not have to pay back much on appreciation of your asset in your 401K, but you never know if the stock market somehow sky rockets 20%, you'd be paying back a lot more to your 401k than what you would have saved from the interest decrease on your mortgage. 

Running comps isn't rocket science - look within 0.5 miles, within 3 months, preferably same neighborhood, adjust for sq. footage and conditions as needed.If you are looking to wholesale your first deal you don't need that much capital to sustain a campaign (I'd start with minimum 200 targets due to response rates).

What we're doing is not rocket science if they follow the scripts and the structure but building rapport in volumes and building pipeline are what people with years of experience on the phone are best at.  

You could have actually predicted the last crash by just watching the supply and demand charts for real estate at the time...the prices started dropping 2 years prior to the last crash and people kept building despite the demand dropping and bam, foreclosures produced even more supply while demand dropped as prices dropped....its not rocket science.There is this thing called survivorship bias.

I use rocket lawyer for all my leases in NY and PA and that has worked well.

Many may not take you serious because of your age but know that AGE is just a number, It only takes one person to believe in you for your career in this business to sky rocket!