@Kurt Kline Like a lot of people are stating above ^^, their are multiple ways to save up for your first deal. yes there are less aggressive ways to save (online savings, MMA accounts, ETF's) or more aggressive (crowd-fund platforms, private money lending, day trading).

But if I remember correctly, it mentions the Fed keeping rates down to just shy of 0% after a relatively mild recession at the beginning of 2000 in all of one sentence and all but completely ignores Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac encouraging subprime borrowing along with pretty much the entire government bureaucracy.

Thank you for the kind, encouraging words Julie!

I tend to agree that AirBnb should actively pursue and address their platform use issues with the municipalities in the NYC marketplace to prevent incidents such as the example going viral and threatening their rental platform franchise in this marketplace as well as many others around the world.

The rehab we provide are estimates and we provide our investors with as much information to make a quality decision, while encouraging them to do their own due diligence.

Seems like we have some items in common, I personally came from a science background and then got my Executive MBA, looking back on my higher education experience and now operating a fairly robust business in REI, I would have to encourage you to consider finance and/or strategy, if you have the opportunity to capture finance strategy in one, this will serve you well.

It gives me the room platform and design ideas I will take to Home Depot and a local boutique cabinet supplier for cost comparison. 

@Patrick Liska thanks for the encouragement.

Are there any other directions you could recommend/ platforms you would focus on? 

Thanks for the encouragement.