I have 25+ years of business, govt, communications professional w/ and MBA.

After completing my MBA, I’ve had more time to deepen my knowledge of the industry and I’m now eager to transition from my 9-to-5 career into becoming a Mortgage Loan Originator (MLO).

Overall values are either going up or down and I think they are now going downbut the acceleration is so slight that many amateur sellers with properties onthe market still think their assets are the same value as earlier in 2018.But as far a bubble "bursting" that will require wide-spread fearbut Mainstream News pumps out "everything is fine" articleseveryday regarding interest rates, trade wars, inflation, etc.Most of BP collects checks from people who can't buy anywayso you may find some friction here, but I will say again,we have passed the top, and I believe that Amazon's$2000 share price around my birthday a few monthsago is probably the clearest marker that we can easilyrefer back to in five years looking to this day, with manysaying, "I wish I would have sold" in the summer of 2018.I'm personally almost all cash as of a month agoand am leveraging my 800 FICO into a new LLCbuilding two excellent credit profilesfor the next buying opportunity.This was my opinion and I'm not licensed,John Acheson, MBA

I could write an essay on why, but as someone who manages nearly 1,000 doors up and down the I-25 corridor, I can tell you these are not the investment vehicles I recommend to my clients and they are not what I personally would ever own. 

I like BNBCalc because you can set up defaults and plug properties in much faster than a spreadsheet, adjust them more efficiently, and know there isn't a formula error creeping around in the background from a typo.Regarding how to roll up your sleeves and dig into comparables, John Bianchi has a video series on YouTube that's an MBA in forecasting STR income. 

Hey Jason, welcome to the BP community.Wishing you the best as you finish your MBA and take your first steps into real estate.

How long it takes and how essay is to do it if you do not leave in the area? 

MBA, Finance, Accounting...

But recent projections suggest that may not happen after all.While mortgage rates are still expected to decline some later this year, projections from Fannie Mae, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), and Wells Fargo now show them stabilizing closer to 6.5% by the end of the year (see below):That means if you’re holding off on buying a home in hopes of much lower mortgage rates, you may be waiting a while.

I have my MBA in Real Estate Finance and stand by its power and elegance..