Having low cost capital for acquisition is a HUGE competitive advantage in a high interest rate environment.

Third, you run the risk of the unexpected changes in the environment - from accidents to natural disasters to riots and Covid.

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It's definitely a team effort and we're grateful to have a solid team.Here's what happened near closing - Our bridge lender wanted to change the loan amount 2 days prior to closing (reducing it by $325K) which would require raising the additional amount and diluting existing investor equity - fortunately we were able to sell them on why this would create too much of a risk for us and them.Interest Rate Cap Insurance - came in at $60K vs $20K because of interest rate environment & bond market volatility within the last month On our first acquisition we also had some surprises at closing - Insurance came in 3X the budget - for both our underwriting and the lender's (this is more of an issue specific to Texas)Lender required $100K more of CapEx expenses the week of closingAdditional unexpected insurance challenge - the corner of one of the buildings was incorrectly designated as being in a flood plain. 

Supply increases as more people follow the trend of Airbnb hosting to chase higher margins or subsidize their income, and demand is falling as we move into a recessionary environment meaning consumers have less discretionary income to spend on travel and layoffs are impacting household budgets. 

A lender typically will not stop a foreclosure with a purchase agreement (we as a lender did it once and never again as it was a wholesale deal that didn’t close)Lender will probably get all their money at foreclosure in todays environment so no need tooBest bet is for borrower to file bankruptcy but then that could delay significantly the ability to sellBest bet is close before foreclosure

In a high-interest rate environment, every penny counts when it comes to managing your finances.

Morgan want to enter crypto business , reading that scary news makes me realized I am one of the only sanity reader in the forum lolif bank like JPm gone wild I could imagine about regular JoeThey're all going to get into crypto once we get out of this anti risk environment.

Even in the rare case where the subject matter did lead to a profitable job (business), it’s not sustainable in an increasingly fast changing, niche dominated, location dependent, law changing, environment.  

@Sergio P RamosYes but in todays environment chances of them budging are very low12-15 and 1-5 points is the current range where I would expect the rates to be