Originally Posted by rickair7777

All depends on two things: Revenue capacity of the equipment and your leverage.

All the leverage in the world won't get you paid above the ability of your equipment to generate revenue.

Vast revenue generating capacity won't get you paid above market rate to keep it staffed if you have no leverage.

RJ's have relatively little revenue generating capacity and almost no leverage under the whipsaw model. The gains over the last few years were 100% due to market forces (attracting noobs who have options, and trying to retain some lifers who might be on the fence).