I am also a huge fan of real estate and for the past 50 years there's been a way to combine both.By leveraging a Self-Directed IRA, real estate investors enjoy both the traditional advantages of property ownership and the additional tax benefits of retirement accounts, creating a powerful wealth-building strategy.

Start building relationships with retirees who want a better return on their money.

The latter would create mortgage rates issues, the former will eliminate a lot of fake demand and some material real demand in the housing market that is bid side.Mortgage rates higher + build costs higher(less labor + tariffs)= Kill demand.

They are literally building their own comps.

I here in the Netherlands Rotterdam working on renovating a 3 unit building

Build equity while gaining experience as landlords.

We want to purchase a property to begin building our rental portfolio but are unsure of the best approach.We live in Sonoma County, California, and I work in Healdsburg.

I am currently looking to build a spec home and use my equity to help finance the build.

The first apartments I rented as the owner, were previously rented by the former owner at $150 month including utilities. 

On a positive note we did build a new house to the specifications of a specific tenant.