Our economy in this area is agriculture based, so the volatile real estate market swings really don't happen here. 

Seems to be a volatile topic lately. 

Are you seeing signs of it being topped out right now and or heading back toward a point a volatility for a drop like you guys had in 2008?  

I would add that I also like to combine techniques of a flipper to get a short term forced appreciation equity bump to juice my short term returns, insulate me to some degree from short term market volatility, and hold for the long term from a position of financial strength and then self manage to retain full control and further save on management expenses ... that works great here locally, but good luck pulling that off out of state.

The investment vehicles you are going to avail yourself of to earn a higher return than what you're paying on the mortgage are all volatile in nature.

Just that it's disconnected from other asset classes and less volatile.

I guess if I had a ton of money I might do the same thing rather than invest in volatile stocks or business franchises.

Because the Crypto market is so volatile, you can make some pretty good returns with little money. 

This 100% can and does work, but perhaps a little riskier than years past with rate hikes, market volatility etc. 

It is more volatile, but it has higher appreciation rates because property prices are so much lower compared to the surrounding cities.Did you hear of the water shortage/water rights issue in EPA?