Unlike the stock market, you can also use leverage, which could significantly increase your ROI.The bottom line is that you can get better returns investing in alternatives (real estate or otherwise) and more control investing in real estate (you have zero control over the stock market).

I am already starting to see more activity in the market as the interest rates drop, across my listings and also more of my buyers becoming more active, I am sure this will be a domino effect and eventually cause sales volume to increase across the market as a whole both locally and nationally, DOM to decrease, and create a temporary FOMO in the market if rates drop to quickly.

The financing contingency period is up tomorrow and it looks like they are going to back out, so I guess we will put the property back on the market as a cash-only purchase and see what happens. 

It depends on the market you live in.

For more powerful financial software you can utilize Quickbooks, with much the same inputs but much more flexibility and greater detailing.  

Indianapolis is a great market to get started in with affordable pricing.

I think building an off-market pipeline will be more important coming up than ever because of the change.

Both seasoned and new real estate investors have a powerful tool: the 1031 tax-deferred exchange.

It's finally calming down with more listings on the market, and buyers settling down, no longer panicking and needing to jump the second one hits the market.

This is the best terms I have seen in the market thus far.