Bank loans on a lot of deals and then the runway ends and we don't find out until we have several contracts and end up in a crisis.

Those were top percentile real estate performances.But in contrast, significant amounts of real estate goes to zero if the city they are near decreases in population and economic activity.

Lastly, with the Covid-19 shutdown currently in effect and unemployment at records highs considering the 1929 US population was 122MM @ 24.9% at its peak (as opposed to the 328MM population we have today), do you suspect lowering the cost in general for both Wealthability programs might be considered to encourage those of us currently not working and as a goodwill gesture for the unprecedented economic situation we find ourselves in? 

The presence of major employers like BMW, Michelin, and Fluor Corporation has led to job growth and economic stability in the region. 

The appealing aspect here is the ongoing population growth and other economic factors.

The appealing aspect here is the ongoing population growth and other economic factors.

While the two are related (an economic concept called elasticity), they're not directly dependent on one another in the short term.  

Akron is a much smaller market than Cleveland, but has similar elements, demographics and economics (in general).

However, real estate values (on a national average) have never gone down over a 10-year period. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUSHere is what I do:I live in San Diego, a high-appreciating market with a lot going for it economically and very little cash flow.

Shure, there is blips in variable months but economics is a far slower moving machine, a month is a nano-second in economics time-line.