As the equity market gets more and more unpredictable i'm looking at putting money in real estate rental properties.

Is this a situation where a few unpredictable things came up with the house that you addressed promptly or are you saying flooding and mold are no big deal and they should live with it?

I keep receiving mails from  insurance and mortgage companies to protect my home by getting a mortgage insurance. life is unpredictable and this seems like a no brainer.

It's probably a bigger (unpredictable) cost than it's worth.Should it be restored for historical purposes, maybe.

I, personally, am not a fan of condo's as the HOA's are very unpredictable and can drastically impact your value and your exit strategy.

I can say with 100% confidence that people are notoriously unpredictable (and thus, are predictable in their unpredictability), and because of this the economy will always contain a certain amount of volatility.There will be ups and downs, this is a given.I could go into a long analytical breakdown of the article and why the author may or may not be right.

After several extensions and almost a half a year, we recently closed this transaction with Bob.This story only goes to show you real estate can be unpredictable.

Appraisers are slightly unpredictable (I’ve had to challenge 2 appraisals and won) and a new roof can assist in you receiving the appraised value that you need to BRRRR

Demand doesn't seem likely to decrease substantially, unless a sudden, unpredictable event triggers it.

Enzennio, If you do some reading, you'll see Mike owns quite a number of rental properties.Any number you put in a spreadsheet for appreciation is nothing but a guess.Pretty hard to predict operating costs when a lot of the biggies are very unpredictable.