The sellers market that made deals so hard to come by and corresponding rises in value and rents pushed me into the preservation phase early. 

You just have to push them a little harder on rates.

The interest rates being so low it is allowing the buyers to push the prices past a normalcy.

I’m still living with my parents but was solely trying to finish college to try and make them “proud,” but am slowly realizing I’m only making myself less proud of myself for not being real and pushing myself to go for what I really want instead.

They kept pushing 'buy now to avoid the tariff increases', but most of what we were bidding on was made in the USA. 

@Paul CamutoYou will have to put in your own money into syndications if that’s the root you want to take.

Should I even try to push the issue if she's not comfortable?

Taking the risk and pushing yourself beyond what you thought was your limited potential and finding that you could actually perform at 200% instead of 50% or 100%, be more successful than you thought; or2.

The article seems to be suggesting that we are headed to a crash because lenders are pushing unqualified buyers into loans they can't afford.

I should be a lender’s dream, but even though we have a solid relationship, it seems like I’m being pushed into very unfavorable terms.