Homey's need to lay off the spicy wings or somethin'.

Recently I've had some professional turbulence with with a couple layoffs so I've found my motivation.My family has partnered with a GC to flip houses and had success on a couple deals in the DC metro area so far.

I'm extremely interested in Real Estate, although I don't have enough money to afford a down payment, so for now I've been practicing good habits by saving 10% of every paycheck and investing in stocks through the Robin Hood App (super cool!)

With some of the big tech names announcing poor numbers (Apple's disastrous earnings & forecast, Intel's layoff's, Twitter's revenue miss, Google missed revenue and earnings -- and earnings season isn't over yet), at some point it has to take a toll on the surrounding tech economy.

.  :-) We have clients in Calgary and they have told me that there have been layoffs or shifts in employment.

Layoffs in the financial sectors starting. 

Even after these many years, there is no guarantee that I will be spared during next company-wide layoffs due to economic conditions.I hate it and want to kick them before I get kicked.I have much interest in RE since last few years, and have learned about it during my spare time (which almost non-existent).

@Tareq Salaita I agree with @Jay Hinrichs that IF economy were to crash or correct, there will be layoffs which would lead to vacancies and eviction related expenses.

Working for a paycheck is easy - no risk (other than lay-offs) and even today there is a certain security in knowing that if you do your job, you'll get paid - until you don't.

It will be interesting to see if the lower oil prices will lead to layoffs and if those layoffs will affect the local housing market.