Listen to the podcasts (They are incredibly informative and have taught me a lot)4.

I, however, like the  appreciation with the benefit of a landlord friendly environment.  

There's a wealth of information here and an incredible network that I'm sure you'll find useful. 

I'm not incredibly new to BP, but I still haven't pulled the trigger to invest yet, because I want to be well educated instead of jumping in over my head right away.

There was no hostile, non-permissible, negligent environment under which the contract was formed. 

Incredibly patient with me as I've made four different offers in Everett and Snohomish county that didn't fly.

10% interest is crazy high in our current environment.  1% down also probably isn't enough to cover his closing costs even.  

FHA loans are incredible if you want to bring low or no money down to acquire a property.

It will resolve down the lot level and can predict with incredible accuracy which houses on any given street will stand and which will burn. 

Of course there was a cost of doing business in this manner, as the broker had to get paid (either buy you or the lender or both - back in the post crash days.)In the post Dodd-Frank increased regulatory environment of lending today, the advantages are not as great using a broker as they used to be.