John, Great perspective. 

The best part is that i am saying this only from the perspective of being an agent and there are a ton of jobs in real-estate.

The most obvious one, of course, is that the buyer can go ahead with their investment plans even if they do not have funds set aside for the down payment.Another significant advantage is that the buyer can save on traditional bank closing costs, which often range from 2%-5% of the purchase price.From the seller’s perspective, this financing mechanism will make it easier to make a sale in difficult market conditions.

The “per dollar of rent” perspective is very useful as far as property, and especially tenant, maintenance.

Looking for advice from an RE perspective to make the most of this opportunity.Right now my thought to is rent our primary home as an STR (looking into zoning to see if we can transition it into a duplex-- would be easy with our current layout) and househack into a multifamily (and see if we could do STRs or LTRs then refi and use that as down payment on a new home. 

yes but the guy here is asking from a newbie perspective.

Kyle, strictly from a macro perspective, I think we could be in for a pretty significant downdraft on prices, perhaps 30 percent or more. 

Overall, median housing prices last month were flat or slightly down year-over-year, which is a remarkable shift from many years of appreciation in the Austin market:Inventory is sitting at around 3 months in the metro area.

Put that in perspective, you have credit card bill and your balance is $50,000 and your payment of $1000 only reduces your balance by $550 dollars.

I don’t know your location necessarily… but the concept is probably still sound even if the dollars have to shift a little north.