I heard an economist on a podcast years ago describe how the baby boomers made and broke businesses by the large demographic of people and their buying prowess.

Meaning they have ivy league analysts, economists, and researchers who study the economy and real estate on a daily basis for the benefit of their investors.

I have included one of the better articles from Investopedia that dumbs it down enough for non-economists like me to understand it:https://www.investopedia.com/articles/mortgages-real-estate/08/interest-rates-affect-property-values.asp  

Problem is, it's impossible to predict when the economy will crash.You could put 10 economists in a room and they'd all disagree with each other.

You will hear investors/economists such as Martin Armstrong say gold will hit $5000 by 2015 and its the best hedge against the failing US dollar, and yes it may be true, but its also the most volatile.

Another problem I don't have experience with side hustle or stocks, I have better experience in real estate, at the same time, all economists advocate strongly to diversify the assets. 

Economists predict upwards of $700 billion added to the national economy, 4% or more in GDP growth and 1.7 million jobs, all by 2020.

I'd be interested to hear what our resident economists have to say.

The different situations discussed in the book also present different (personal) incentives.Hiring a realtor also brings up what economists call "the agent/agency" problem.

I went to the Utah Housing Summit a few months ago that was presented by University of Utah economists and they showed us that there are no cities in Utah County currently keeping up with the demand.