Despite higher interest rate environment, there's reasonable probability inflation will still continue - thus increase hard asset valuation.

New build build-to-rent is very hard and risky.

@Dhruv Patel I believe you are getting ahead of yourself....Where in the US are you all-in (land acquisition, soft costs, hard construction) on new construction multi-family for $100/ft.

If you're living in an A area and cannot afford an A area property (hard to find anyway these days) and you need to drive a while to even get to an area you are interested in, door knocking is not for you.BUDGET: can you afford to do 1000 postcard mailings a month for 6 months straight?

It may be hard to find unbiased advice on account of that.To me, it seems that his/their core competency is promotion and fund raising.

See managing on the coast is plausible and there are great cleaners and crews on the ground willing to work hard.

The School of Hard Knocks is the best education, but if your company will pay for it, I would go with an MBA for future (non-RE) career development.

Now most of my deals are a combination of our business money, bank money, hard money, and private money.  

But it may be uncomfortable because the foam is hard, and you start to feel that the longer you sit. 

Question: Should I collateralize the loan (if using private or hard money), or rely on roll-over loans (to maximize the lower points and 3-4% rate)?