I've watched this company go down the drain and their level of service diminish year after year.

Is real estate the subject or has testosterone just took front stage and common sense has to take a back seat?  

Obviously the fed would seek to mitigate such effects on the economy with respect to rates and rate changes but with respect to buying as an actual investment rather than speculative purchases (as we saw in pre-crash behavior and property prices) and knowing you were going to be making money at the time of purchase and that the return would be acceptable to the investor(s), there is a window in which property values must fall before they exit out of view to one side or another (law of diminishing returns) and after values have left the investment window it really doesn't matter how high or low rate or values rise or fall, we as investors will not be discussing the matter anyway.

I certainly have no plans of diminishing my contribution to BiggerPockets, where I have so many friends - @Brandon Turner , @Brian Burke , @Joshua Dorkin , @Serge S. , @J Scott to name a few...  

We've seen diminished value in the yellow letters over the years as consumers have seen a lot of them now and most really don't think they are "hand-written".

This deal is not that good, again, excluding appreciation, so the value you bring to the table is diminished.

Using your net (after servicing fee), the APR is about 14.375%, with no early pay offs.Yes, it's 14.375% based on diminishing principal.

I don't know how it'll affect your fix and flip plans, but it makes buy and hold strategies pretty difficult.I know that it sucks to hear someone doomsaying right off the bat, but I have to point this out to you because everyone, from the brokers to the realtors to the gurus and whoever, will all lie to your face and tell you a deal is good when it's really suffering from Florida Syndrome (bloated costs and diminished returns). 

I just felt all the Testosterone go out the window, dude I think I'm going to go watch Freaky Friday or Mean Girls LOL!

Respect him for what he has done, but remember cash flow pays the bills only and that diminishes over time.