This is true in the stock market as well (though our mortgages have amortization schedules that improve over time and stocks purchased with cash do not yield the same benefit).

I was so "into it" that I registered and started an investment club - the Boise Stock Exchange, where I taught my techniques to others (for free - it was a meetup group).I was met with skepticism from other traders, simply because they had; never traded futures, had heard horror stories about trading futures, knew nothing about how to trade futures, and could not fathom the amount of risk I was taking or the leverage ratio I was employing.  

I am on way to diversify my portfolio (around 1M) from all stock to real cash flow assets.

Just buy some blank card stock in the size you want and run them through with your word template.

hi takeshia from " elvis country"....lol. wholesaling is a good part of the flipping houses and RE world. however, each state has its laws regarding wholesaling. i would tend to believe a real estate attorney from the area on his or her opinion. i wouldn't say something is illegal if you can get a license to do it, its just illegal to not have the license. then we get into the gray area of exactly what wholesaling is. if you find a seller, and put them in touch with a buyer for their house, you are acting as an agent. without a license, that is illegal. but, if you find a seller, YOU get the house under contract to buy, and put in the contract your right to reassign the contract, that is wholesaling and might NOT be illegal. in that case, you are not acting as an agent because you are not bringing two parties together. you are actually contracting to buy an item, but then exercising your right to sell that contract which does have monetary value. just like a corporation creates a stock certificate and sells it on the stock market, it is just a piece of paper with monetary value that you are selling. please check with at least one other real estate lawyer and explain the process completely. show them how you would not be acting as an agent between buyer and seller but as an actual purchaser looking to sell the asset you have created. that may make the difference. 

After selling off our house, our stocks, and her car we'll have between $200k and $250k.We'll need about $1500/mo to fund our trip, but I don't want to just draw from a savings/checking account.

These economists' predictions have to be taken with a grain of salt.

In the fist place you can't predict how long to get a conventional loan.

No I don't know when, and am not seeking to time the market or even predict when it will happen.

After all, I feel like a good majority of real estate investors are people who don't want to hold fiat, and they think most stocks are over valued.