We are in an environment of unprecedented cap rate compression and record low interest rates which is only headed in one direction after this is all over.Yes, make no mistake, the music will soon stop.That has very little to do with an upcoming election and is regardless of who wins the White House or who controls congress after November.If you've listened to Kevin Bupp and Rod Khleif, you know what happened to their portfolios in 2008.These were no amateurs, as a matter of fact, they had many years of investment experience when the music stopped.They both weathered the storm and came back stronger and that is why I remain a shameless fan of both men till today.Several others were not that lucky, and you will never hear their names.In this space today, there are investors and there are educators.The educators have taken over the habitat.That is why there are now more podcasts on real estate than I can get through in a working week.Real Estate education is so very lucrative now that it is possible to make way more money from podcasts and books than in actual real estate investment for some gifted marketers with smooth tongues and gifted content creators.more....To read full article,click link below:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

To OP:My opinion, as another would-be investor with a finger on the trigger and all my ducks in a row, is that these are unprecedented times and the FOMO is always very strong.

The gray shaded areas are economic recessions.We have seen unprecedented monetary policy at The Fed...like...the government has NEVER printed this much money, or even close to it. 

This type of deal might not be feasible, especially in an unprecedented sellers market.

Loan limits over time, for reference (multiply by 1.5 to arrive at high cost of living area loan limits):A $75k year-over-year increase is unprecedented.

Yeah its easy to take that argument and extrapolate all the ills of unprecedented debt etc.

This continues the broad market dynamic in the Austin MSA of rising prices in response to extremely high housing demand and cripplingly low housing inventory.Romeo Manzanilla, the new 2020 ABoR president, added his thoughts: "Austin's unprecedented population growth during the past decade has heavily impacted the real estate market.

Under normal circumstances I would stick to the policy but these are unprecedented times. 

These are unprecedented times.

While the scale of this health-related emergency is unprecedented, our ability to function in the face of sequestration is not.