Being in a commercial shop right out of school means you'll be thrown into an environment that offers a lot of upwards growth & mobility.

This indicates a healthy environment for both buyers and sellers.Adapting to Trends: The longer time to contract and sales for townhomes and condos suggests a more thoughtful buying process.

This indicates a healthy environment for both buying and selling.Adapting to Trends: The extended time to contract and sales for townhomes and condos suggests a more deliberate buying process.

This indicates a healthy environment for both buying and selling.Adapting to Trends: The extended time to contract and sales for townhomes and condos suggests a more deliberate buying process.

they create the environment that discourages additional development of residential units, are surprised when there is a housing shortage, are surprised when rents  rise so fast, and then blame the LL because we profited from actions that the tenants advocated.  

There are still opportunities there but it's getting tougher due to market environment.

Lastly, it could be that the bank is going to portfolio your loan at below-market pricing because they want the entire banking relationship (deposits, transaction processing, consumer lending, etc) or simply want the risk (yield).Lots of local and regional banks have been retaining loans at really aggressive pricing recently as the current environment makes this favorable for them.

If you are interested in hearing some differing opinions on the multifamily market, check out the BiggerPockets podcast episode I just recorded with Matt Faircloth:  https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-876Despite my current negative feelings on the large Multifamily market, you’d likely be better off investing in a syndication today than 1-2 years ago—it was the shift in the environment (rent growth, interest rates, etc) that caused the ills in the industry that sparked much of the posts you’re reading.  

The advantage of using a new build, when available, is a first-come-first-served environment instead of the multiple offer pay over list market in resale product.  

I quickly identified the tasks in my day-to-day that could be automated and learned how to do so, I think nowadays you don't even need to code to do that, but being in real estate means being highly adaptive to a dynamic environment, so having the knowledge of automating your business is very useful..