Main strategy is to invest in NNN leased properties to national "credit" tenants, presumably to provide predictable cash flow with limited downside.If you're just looking to park your money, it's not a bad option as the broker commissions should be low.  

If you're lender is requiring escrows it's too hard to predict but generally you're looking at another 1/2 to 3/4 point so that's 1.5% of your purchase price.

where are all of these experts predicting a housing crash?

How do I make as-close-as-possible predictions about some of the values in the calculator?

If those "eras" seem predictable, then why not?

If you're lender is requiring escrows it's too hard to predict but generally you're looking at another 1/2 to 3/4 point so that's 1.5% of your purchase price.

You can't predict the future, and the further away the future is, the less you can predict.  

This would save you the ~10% costs associated with selling a SFR, and also a more predictable timeline.

No way to predict that kind of disaster nor its impact.In Calif, we have exposure to earthquakes, even more than you at the upper end of the Cascades, and frequently have to deal with seismic certifications. 

My prediction is that the first few projects in this article will become very successful, but those who finish later will be victimized by the economic cycle.