I think you dangled a big hook and caught a really big fish,lucky you!

It's unfortunate that wholesalers and penny investors have scared property owners off with these types of campaigns fishing for lowball deals.  

For me, moving from the LTR strategy allows me to tap into additional cash flow and be more nimble in a changing environment (I can always move back to an STR if I want to). 

If you can buy it at a 6% cap rate in a 5% environment, I would say it's discounted and you are buying value.

I have been buying like a drunken sailor for the past two years because of low interest rates. I had four loans at various interest rates under 5%. They were 5 year arms with 15 year amortizations because I went with ...

If you go that route, a HELOAN might make much more sense in this rising rate environment.

Biggest pro for me is environment, I want to be around people cold calling, hustling, and finding deals all day 

In this environment wait for your pitch.

I don't believe rates are going up anytime soon due to the deflationary environment we live in and will continue to be in driven by the exponential force of technology.

I call them hobbies.Things like baseball, bodyboarding, fishing, hiking, playing golf, being outdoors, playing craps in Vegas and of course real estate.When I am engaged in these activities they bring happiness and joy to my life.