awesome 'resume' thanks for joining! 

If things get tight one month, you simply stop that extra principal payment and resume once things settle back down. 

The resume requirement for running the Fed seems to be that you're a fatcat from Wall Street - preferably Goldman Sachs.Who's running who?

If it were to drop that 37% in the next year (not at all unlikely, IMHO), then were to resume appreciating at 3% per year driven by inflation then 10 years from now nominal prices will be right where they are now.

The VA will also want showing of ability to manage a " multi-Family "eg Resume of Business or Caretaker Exp.

My grandiose scheme, aka “business plan” has so far been to leverage my not-insignificant construction resume to get stellar yields out of properties that traditionally have not done well, and therefore force appreciation.  

Nuclear Security then from there to sales.You name it....I've sold it.

I don’t have a degree in business or an impressive resume, but what I do have is passion, a love for people/relationships, a growing network, and a willingness to learn and ask questions.

Prices decline to a point where buying resumes.

Then we will resume inflation driven appreciation.