But people have gotten rich while other people have waited for a crash. 

https://www.biggerpockets.com/...its discussed here that exponential jumps is key to building the cash flow and financial freedom, if you have, say 300k liquid, how many jumps should one make to jump levels, I have flipped properties in the past, but never really held because I got hit by the 08 Crash.

Those guests have left amazing reviews but have said in the review that the neighbors are "unwelcoming" and "unpleasant." 

Hi @Brendan Seals, It's very difficult to predict how tenants will act, but doing your due diligence and asking for references goes a long way and reduces the risk of having an unpleasant experience with a future tenant.

Crashing and burning on my first deal would be a real buzzkill.

A market crash/readjustment will drive out the timid.

Speculating works from time to time and people have gotten lucky, but ask many of the people who speculated before the last crash how that worked out for them!

But whatever, it was a good crash course on turning an apartment (spent several weekends hauling out trash, painting, installing LVP flooring, lots of YouTube university).

Of course, the market can crash so that's why you really need to be able to keep it in the market long-term.Two, when you refinance, you're kind of protecting yourself from lawsuits and foreclosures.

I think I may have solved the mystery of how your plaster ceiling came crashing down