Buying real estate incurs a lot of up-front costs, that it takes a long time to recover in monthly savings and appreciation. 

He gets out stains and has saved many carpets of ours that I thought we could never recover.

Do they fall by 10% and recover within 2 years?

Yes, it's a good rate, but you're too green to know what you're doing and it's harder to recover from mistakes if you're working with borrowed money.

If you own a cash flowing property that you not over leveraged, even if there is a correction you just need to maintain your investment until the market recovers.

Since his death she has been in Florida ingnoring the hurt and pain as she recovers from her loss.

I am still recovering from a brain annurism and a stroke but I am still planning on going back to work someday and if I could walk I probably would but I am trying to work in a flexible and part time way.  

First of all, the markets that we're investing in hasn't fully recovered from the housing crash, and homes can be bought for significant discounts to their replacement cost.

First of all, the markets that we're investing in hasn't fully recovered from the housing crash, and homes can be bought for significant discounts to their replacement cost.

We rented it for over 5 years before selling it when the real estate market recovered.