These scams like Equitybuild and Morris Invest try to reinvent the wheel, and the results are exactly as one would predict.

But I'm not a glass-is-half-empty type person.Asking me to predict the future on past results pretty much breaks every disclaimer in finance--basic 101 stuff!

If you know how to predict those - teach me.But if you do flipping, the resulting income will be counted for the taxation of SS benefits, no matter how you structure it.

Yes appreciation isn’t predictable.

Unfortunately once lost you can not predict when you may have to sell and therefor a definite risk of loss exists.

Sometimes the foreclosure process can be a little predictable but if you've got a good team monitoring your timelines you'll be fine.I'll reach out privately to put a paper in your hand that lays out a good road map of the 1031 process.

However, if recent presidential elections are any indicator, don't put too much stock into early predictions.

Then all your friends should be able to become billionaires when they actually predict the crash. 

Macro economic predictions are too un-knowable. 

Since we often talk about owning real estate for multiple decades, it is relatively safe to say that the end price will likely be relatively close to it's predicted value.