The advantages here are that we know the area very well and we save on the management fee which is huge.On the other side, I'm sure many of these types of 'bright ideas' get in the middle of personal relationships.

It's like being in a relationship. 

On a larger scale say 100 investors a week, with the intention of building a relationship based on the quality of work they have done.

Off market broker relationship How did you finance this deal?

so we're searching for Investors to connect with who we'd love to build relationships with and work together in the future!

My recommendation at this time would be to tap into your network and to establish new & positive relationships.

It is a direct indicator of performance and creates a relationship within the portfolio in order for the investor to better grasp the relative impact of a decision. 

I used Builders Trust Capital to cash out with all my rental properties in the past, I had such a good relationship with them I now actually work for them in addition to growing my portfolio.

Its with that in mind that my relationship with this is to generate a similar opportunity for my kids and build long-term stability as much as possible. 

I don't know, but I would certainly not assume any sort of linear relationship, like a 15% rate  hike decreases values 15%, since that recent data point above tells us the opposite can happen.