I'd much rather be in RE for the coming storm with assets that I owe fixed amounts of interest on.Compare Dent's opinion to john bogles recent interviewhttps://personal.vanguard.com/us/insights/article/...obviously cap rates are going to change once interest rates no longer hover near zero but with proper marketing - even in a heated area , deals will exist that easily beat these projections for "safe , armchair investments" 4-5% , we're staring down, not stagflation or anything like that but a definite slowdown globally, with africa and south america and parts of southeast asia being the last catchups for actual industrialization (I suppose a good portion of india as well but they haven't exactly been growing slowly these last few decades)Millenials prefer to rent IMO because so many are burdened with debt and so many baby boomers have yet to retire because of the double whammy to retirement funds that was 2001 / 2008 , millenials aren't stupid - just poor. 

Hi Everyone,I'm jus staring and weighing my options.

The Exclusive Buyers Agency Agreement that I use has blanks (general price point, general area, type of property, etc) that help define the "scope" of the search.

I highly suggest you spend $100 on Michael Blank's syndicated deal analyzer spreadsheet.

@Robert Garcia I have not taken his course, but I learned about Vinod "Smile" Chopra after hearing his interview on Michael Blank's podcast.

@Andrew Shepard I'm curious, what happens if a borrower leaves the down payment information blank and continue to the next few steps in the loan process?

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I like to consider myself a blank slate and eager to learn and hear all perspectives and options.

Curt Davis Can you expand on the logic of leaving vacancy & maintenance blank?

Hi @Reggie Maynard,Yup, really gotta watch that stuff.For live deals, I type emails with the 'to' field blank, come back five minutes later, re-read it, and only at that point do I add the 'to' field and hit send.When someone asks me in writing to share certain details about their creditworthiness with the listing agent to help get the offer accepted, you don't want me to accidentally boast that you have a 678 FICO when in reality you have a 778... caught that one double-checking just this morning!