It has everything to do with our economy, salaries for the lower income bracket, and a renters mentality.

While the economy overall will suffer fall out from the loss of jobs in the oil field, many economies will be boosted by low oil and gas prices. 

Again- I do not see any problems with it - unless they are under severe duress, mental illness, etc- and they feel they are helpless and being taken advantage of.

I do understand the mentality of the Realtor where they are trying to make a deal happen. :)

If rates go higher them paying cash makes more sense than leveraging.Ive personally gone to a flipper mentality lately given that the higher prices go, for me to cash out a higher dollar amount to get my cash back lowers cash flow and the risk is to the downside on prices,  so i want to be in and out.  

That is the coolest part about RE investment IMO, and BP is by far the coolest place to soak in that mentality and start getting active!

Percentage wise it is the same for big or small investors so I can not embrace the mentality but to each their own.

I don't want to think small, I want to dive in with the mentality of a 'big investor' and start out with my I's dotted and T's crossed.No I'm not using this to slow me down, I'm going to pull the trigger very soonThanks in advance for your advice

I'm leaning more towards the condo simply due to convenience (millennial mentality), but get hit with a 380-500 HOA fee) compared to having a large home that I truly don't need and i'm long past the days of house shacking. 

One of the killers of investors is the "not enough pie" mentality.