I beleive, that right now seems like things are shifting in the industry and being an investor with a general contracting company as your own will put you at the top.

adds to our ever-growing suite of offerings that streamline the home selling and buying experience including Concierge.It bridges the gap in purchasing by covering the down paymentfunding escrowbringing a partial offer to a full-cash offerThey allow for up to six months of loan payments (including eligible closing costs) to be fronted by xxxx, an independent lender through an exclusive partnership with xxxx --> AKA: no out of pocket costs for a client for up to 6 months on any approved bridge loan.

I believe they are getting bought out and I dont know if this is a temporary hiccup but we are really feeling that based on this we are going to start the process of jumping shift to different online software.  

And historically, the rental market doesn't shift as much as the buying/selling market.

Refinancing is more streamlined and you have to pay back the interest regardless. 

It's a way for us to keep a similar amount of $ going into our housing but shift it from paying rent to someone else to paying ourselves for my current roommate and myself, and my girlfriend hopefully gets to keep her current house and she also gets to keep her mom close, which is an important factor to her that I won't discount.

That percentage would shift as I move up in brackets.Just my thoughts as a non professional financial guy. 

I tell them that they can put day shift and night shift guys in there, and provide an extra set of sheets. 

Also, some costs can be shifted to the agent by the broker as well.

The upside to making this shift in my opinion is again the experience in marketing, engaging with customers(buyers/sellers), and surrounding myself with other like minded people.The downside is, at a starting position in a marketing department, I'd be lucky to earn half(or maybe even less than half) of my current income!