I've started a real estate company in the Midwest and feel really good about our real estate investment product. 

Others (Horse stable, paintball rec, storage, etc) cons: not enough product type experience to successfully manageWhat would you consider as the best option? 

It's usually more productive and efficient to work with a person or company that does it all the time to know what pitfalls to navigate. 

Hey Mike, There are so many loan products available I am sure there would be something that will work.

This was another game change for me years ago.Other good productivity books I read:7 Levels of Communication - Michael Maher (Has productivity process but more about how to utilize your network if you are in sales)Eat That Frog - Brian TracyAtomic Habits - James ClearFocus - Stephen Covey

When you have a product that’s in demand and you’re at full capacity raise your price until demand levels out As far as a time frame on when these will go back down we have no idea.

Off market sellers still look at on market pricing for validation on offers, and when on market deals don't make sense, most off market deals don't either.

It's a good product. 

As everyone has mentioned above, getting the 3.5% or 5% owner occupied loan is the best way to go for the loan product.

There are lots of avenues for funding but if you are starting out with the conventional residential products do some deeper research on what lender criteria are at the moment - understand their pain points.