Unfortunately, I don't get to work from home, 😞.When looking for a turnkey company you want to look for one with a stellar track record, one that has all aspects of their operation automated, one that is scalable, one that pivots to the best markets for their niche, one with consistently high and predictable return on investment, one that is recession proof.

Factories reduced production of everything during COVID getting ready for a recession type environment that never appeared. 

OUT OF THE WOODSA Nationwide Lumber Shortage is Driving Up the Cost of Homebuilding in DenverAt the outset of the pandemic, when most experts believed COVID-19 would annihilate the housing market (LOL), sawmills sought to get ahead of the downturn by reducing production—and who can blame them (see: Recession, Great)?

Obviously, we have been on an upward tick since the recession, so any investors starting after the crash have had a high chance of success (if investing smartly in the first place).

This was in 2009 during the Great Recession and there was not a lot of home purchases at that time.

I don't like the break even strategy because if we hit a recession you might need to bring down rents.

I am a huge DIYer and so far - Laid the vinyl flooring 1500sqft- Installed Recess lights (40 lights)- Built a retaining wall (35ft)- Built a pergola from ground up- Interior paint (appro 2500 sqft)- Built a wooden board-on-board fence (75ft)also, a software engineer (nerd 😊) I am 38yrs old and have some milage to do DIY to buy a partially run-down property and upgrade it.Looking forward to learning new things from the members and seek advice.

Throughout the years I saved money in safe assets (read: cash/treasuries/etc) and very little in stocks as I started making money and investing during the great recessions and that left a bad taste in my mouth.

We were hit with a major recession. 

March marked the largest one-month increase ever recorded in the more than 25-year history of the Zillow Home Value Index — surpassing even the housing run-up preceding the Great Recession — and the 10.6% rise from March 2020 was the largest annual increase in 15 years.But that view ignores the fact that the housing market doesn't operate in a vacuum, and is driven by the interactions of a number of relatively simple but critically important fundamentals — including supply and demand, financial conditions and technological advancement.