The upside for you will be in the delta you can compress related to vacant lots, market rents, utility metering and recapture, and shaving expenses where they make sense (again, just to name a few main areas). 

If the tech sector gets hit, it will directly cause Seattle home prices to dip.4) Watch cap rates compress.5) Real estate will keep going up due to low interest rates.

Cap rates are very compressed.  

You will get as many UNC & Duke Residents & Fellows to apply in Durham for a July 1st occupancy as you will tech & pharma employees.Price Compression: 2020 the rental sweet spot in the Triangle was between $1200-$1600.

But condos here are tough to cash flow at least at optimal rental cap rates from my experience due to relatively higher HOA dues and property taxes and the fact that rents are compressed due to a boom in new apartment buildings.

There are some investors that are generalists and just dump money into the next asset class at the bottom of a cycle and ride the cap rate compression up to try and sell for a premium.

As the cap rate / 10YUST spread compressed we saw deals that needed 1-2 years of I/O to achieve attractive returns.

was under the impression from them that we'd be able to aggressively compress 30 years of deductions into a single year to cause a big tax offset -- strategy doesn't hinge on this optimization, but was big value add in my mind. thoughts or experiences here?

As you progress in your investments, you’ll find that time is much more valuable than money and your question is focused on compressing time.I began real estate investing in 2005, which was the perfect time not to begin real estate investing.

The biggest issue with this is trying to clean them by blowing compressed air over the light path can dislodge more dust and pretty much turn the projector in to a blob covered mess.This is a hit or miss kinda thing.