My partner in the sporting goods and bicycle industry said we should go into real estate.

I’ve enjoyed the metaphorical rollercoaster ride, from the climb to the height of the market, down through the turns of the market crash, around the twisting bends of the changing industry and back again to the inching ascend.

In the lending industry, there is a commonly used term called a “shopper” to describe a person who is calling every lender in town to find the best deal on a loan.

With all of these new projects being formed and tracked online, and the enormous amount of press on this new industry, many of these 506(b) projects are still being discussed in public forums, either by the issuer, their contacts, or the platforms themselves.

This is a service industry, the more you give of yourself and the more you serve your clients the more you get back.

That's an indication of where the industry is going, it is more complex than it was 50 years ago or even 10 years ago.

While I was in I met a lot of people who owned several rental houses, one guy who managed (along with his wife) over 25 properties, and other who were in the industry one way or another.Some of the good things about investing while serving are the resources available.

For example, if I am not bound by a law regulating the industry is it better for me?

Risk assessment, at least an accurate assessment is mostly impossible for an individual and I'd doubt it's that accurate at a mid size institutional type either.While I understand some of your unique industry, inner-office phraseology such as "capital waterfall" it's not that well understood nor applicable to individual note investors here, while I understand it seems to embellish some sense of expertise in a post, it's poor communication to our audience and simply takes us to conceptual aspects rather than realistic and relevant analysis.

And perhaps one that could have tangent conversations in spirit to other industry practices, now that I have had some time to reflect.