For example, Pittsburg during its Steel industry boom era and Detroit from it's peak auto industry era, properties would have grown value YoY mostly.

I've putting my money into public markets and HYSA but once rates drop I need to re-think the HYSA.Other investors I know are doing STRs in California and OOS, partially because of the IRS loophole with STRs and being about to offset active income, some MTRs (renting out to people displaced for insurance reasons such as a fire, other reasons, not so much travel nurses like during COVID), buying an apartment complex together with 3 to 4 people, working in the real estate industry (acquisition, property management, lending, becoming an agent, etc).

I'd consider myself in line with an "Accredited investors" since I work in the regulatory finance industry, and have worked at a security regulatory authority empowered by the SEC.  

-Carrot sites are converting 33.3% higher than the industry standard for real estate.In short- if you have aspirations for generating organic leads in this space, Carrot is the way to goAlso I'd be more than happy to setup a zoom call to walk you through anything on the Carrot side and make recommendations on agencies if you were looking to outsource the paid ads.

Well the car industry found ways to develop cars that would emit less emissions. 

Are you talking about Multifamily, retail, industrial?

You cannot have your cake and eat it too.My suggestion for passive investors is to play it safe, get low risk B investments, take good care of your properties and play the long game.If you are an active investor who can buy or rehab residential, or you are comfortable going into industrial or retail space, those can be great investments. 

If these are the common lawsuits all CRE professionals have, I think we have some big problems in the industry don’t we.

I’d also love to have more associates in the real estate industry so please share your R.E story with me I’d love to hear it! 

Economists note that job growth in typically underreported industries fell by 42,000 compared to the 6-month average, suggesting August’s numbers may understate actual gains.Key Employment GainsConstruction: +34,000 jobs, driven by heavy civil engineering and nonresidential trade contractors.Healthcare: +31,000 jobs, though slower than the past year's monthly average of 60,000.Social Assistance: +13,000 jobs, with more modest growth compared to previous months.Other growing sectors include financial activities, wholesale trade, and government (+24,000 jobs).Job Losses and Sector StrugglesManufacturing: -24,000 jobs.Retail: -11,100 jobs.Temporary help employment continues to shrink, reflecting business uncertainty.Wage and Fed Policy ImplicationsWages rose by 0.4% in August, up 3.8% year-over-year, supporting a cautious approach by the Federal Reserve on deeper rate cuts.