With mortgage rates close to 7% and generally soft homebuying sentiment, strength in existing home sales is unlikely to be sustained," said Alice Zheng, an economist at Citigroup.

I also have family ties in the real-estate industry; my uncle was the project manager for a county in GA, and another family member is the CEO of an architecture firm. 

We're underwriting all my single tenant industrial to an 8 cap exit right now.

in 3 years you can pay off any mortgage 500,000 or less for $1,500 bucks.. or in 5 years a $477,000 mortgage for $100..I am implementing something new for the real estate industry, primarily to mortgage holders & the rent to own industry, as a shorter-term approach to be mortgage free, without cost being an obstacle ..

Hi all, just wanting to look into growing in this industry. 

So the one's on the sidelines that did not get involved, and or are not coming from a position of strength--- now no longer can invest. 

Grocapitus had an ephipany about industry standards? 

Mostly MF and self storage.I bought an industrial property from a wholesaler, paid him a $600,000 fee. 

I would highly suggest finding a bookkeeper who specializes in REI as our industry is a different animal that a regular business and the bookkeeping is a bit specialized as well.

I would like to network and learn from those having been in the industry far longer who can share their knowledge and experience.