Leveraging a property in todays environment of high interest rates will not get you cash flowing. 

Are you looking to flip so you can make income today?

Their commercials seem higher quality than the no on prop 33 commercials (who have similar budgets but from much more sources).Hopefully voters educate on this and strike down this proposition for the third time. 

I obviously had not educated myself well before diving in. 

I have a good FT job in education administration, but I want to retire asap, focusing on RE (so, not really retiring, but you get the idea).

Just spoke with a business dev rep from BAM today, good conversation, said theyre not worried about rates right now and have plans in place to account for them. 

This association is the best thing you can do for yourself in the education, networking and vendor relationships

So it can be good for cash flow and building in tighter spaces but it is less of a equity play in today's market if you're looking to sell right away

You absolutely want to be concerned with this.I would just argue what you're concerning yourself with today may be totally different in that 10-20 year period.

In fact, I think it's the most viable option for real estate investing today.