It's a global pandemic and we're happy to have good, solid renters.

This is extremely well documented, the Wikipedia page is pretty comprehensive:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...At a high level, the early 2000’s push for everyone to own a home via deregulation led to massive amounts of lending to people who couldn’t afford the home, and when they started defaulting it threw sand in the financing mechanism of the global financial industry....so banks in general froze up and presto, global financial crisis.

Elsewhere I guess some ski markets and a few beach markets are still strong but I doubt on a global basis they are anywhere close to 2019 numbers.

I'm not even sure it's allowable, though our organization (as a global whole but not our association) does have a deep history with SROs.

but if you want to get rich i would recommend becoming a certified general appraiser if your willing to put in a 4 year hour by hour learning curve and a large volume global real estate builder for mixed use skyscraper if your willing to put in a 9 year hour by hour learning curve most likely you will end up working with government related stuff based on what you do in real estate

To quote the press release this will help "kickstart adoption of the roadmap, the alliance has recruited a group of 36 “pioneer cities” that will collaborate with global experts to enhance their city policies, in areas ranging from privacy protection and cyber security to better services for disabled people and better broadband coverage."

The only advice I have is that if it's a buy and hold, that you address whatever you find in the correct way and don't just use chewing gum, caulk and paint to cover it up until you can sell it.

1) look at global trends. example: We're currently seeing a global migration towards warmer/ sunnier climates.2) look for multiple economic engines rather than one or two main industries. example: strong manufacturing, health care, higher education and a tech scene.3) look for communities that are open to adding higher density living near the city centers.

Most of us remember where we were when it became clear that COVID-19 was truly a global issue that would affect Americans.

Most of us remember where we were when it became clear that COVID-19 was truly a global issue that would affect Americans.