It's crazy in terms of the "hustle" I did, because the volume and number of deals I am doing now are bigger than before.

I, on a daily basis see the ramifications of these kinds of decisions when they’re made.

The CEO was heard to say "We are losing $1,143 on every deal but we'll make it up in volume" ;-)"Zillow Shares Fall After Forecasting Home-Flipping Losses"Zillow Group Inc. shares fell as much as 14% in after-market trading after the company forecast that its new home-flipping business would lose as much as$80 million in the third quarter before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.The company generated $249 million in second-quarter revenue from Zillow Offers, an algorithm-driven spin on home-flipping, and received requests from 70,000 consumers who wanted to sell their homes to Zillow over the internet.

Of course you need to constantly daily learn for self improvement and to provide value to your potential clients and investors.  

The fact that numbers/data driven valuation methods undercuts brokers' and agents' (past assumed) authority on pricing I think speaks volumes as to why so many agents are quick to go out of their way to trash it.

@Shahriar Khan the part where you mention the end user speaks volumes.

Consistency is the key, no ad will make things happen for you, simply it’s just daily work, you can do it yourself or outsource it.

if the management company is performing to your satisfaction they are worth every nickel they make. typically a crappy business but should be profitable as the daily tenant/owner whining if they manage a large portfolio is brain damage. add that to finding, keeping and managing good employees/contractors and maintenance people, maintaining multiple escrow accounts, getting audited occasionally etc... they certainly arent doing it for the sheer pleasure and adoration lol.the most important issue with property management is ARE YOUR UNITS PERFORMING as they should be?

I'd also suggest hanging out with this person, especially if you're going to be interacting with them on a daily or even weekly basis. 

. :) The federal funds rate is just the rate that the Federal Reserve Bank will lend at overnight to private sector banks, what those private sector banks do is then entirely up to them, but obviously borrowing at a daily interest rate and then lending for 15 or 30 years isn't what they are doing (they'd go bankrupt).That being said, that rate on a 15YF seems absurd.