The office sector has the trifecta...high cost of capital, high expenses, and high vacancy.

Current rates are still allowing for home purchases while making money relatively more expensive overall stabilizing the market by slowing things down in the borrowing / debt sector. 

.- Economic Stability: Supported by a stable healthcare sector.- Cash Flow Potential: Often meets the 1% rule, indicating strong cash flow.Columbus:- Growth and Demand: Booming population and tech industry.- Appreciation Potential: Consistent market appreciation.- Rental Market: Low vacancy rate, suggesting high rental demand.- Median Prices: Affordable compared to larger metros.Long-Distance Real Estate InvestingInvesting in properties in the Midwest while living in Los Angeles is feasible with modern technology.

I can't imagine another sector of the economy where anything like my story is even possible. 

To add: you have a historically strong and consistent tourism presence, limited land/STR allowable areas, highly liquid property compared to selling a cabin in the woods, all 9 classes of visitors in the STR sector, and appreciation.  

There has been significant growth in the last 3-5 years, with booming business and real estate sectors.

With a change in political direction, one that presses repatriation of certain industry sectors such as reshoring manufacturing, that makes a deep recessionary action all the more unlikely to near impossible. 

These lists are very debatable and when you say something bad about XXX publicly, those guys from XXX would come here to BP and may start defending themselves lol :)I give you one good one ok, and they are not in multifamily sector: Denholtz GP syndication for industrial. 

You could invest in housing near the refinery or buy a home you'd like to retire to...housing will tighten up in both sectors.  

Being one of the most powerful lobby groups in DC is expensive and I doubt the NAR can compete any longer with the massive budgets of tech and financial sectors.