Recessions tend to have distressed sellers so there are a lot of deals to be scooped up if you have liquidity to take action.

I know they tend to look better on paper, but there's no line on Excel for the headache factor that generally comes with lower class properties.Good luck!

I've noticed HomeRoom tends to choose properties that are further out of downtown, more rural, more space.

Over 60% of property managers are women.

I tend not to favor selling off Bay Area property and you have a 3% rate.

Thin/narrow tiles tend to be harder the get level in the shorter dimension.

Large investors tend to take much smaller risks with larger amounts of capital. 

All in all I lost several million in the Great Recession.In rebuilding I tend to live by the adage that "cash is King" and I have repeatedly made money on deals due to having cash and being able to move quickly to purchase. 

Over time, owning real estate tends to work out really, really well. 

The gripstrip system tends to pull apart over time.