They're all good answers that matched the "it depends" mentality that I was expecting.

Morganton’s affordable market and growth trends made it ideal for long-term investment, and developing the ADU allowed me to boost income while adding value to the community.

There is a batch of brand new people with no real estate investing experience who hop on the welcome train (maybe to be nice, but more likely to boost posts) over and over with very patterned opens.Glad to hear it.

I think my skills in mental health counseling and healthcare management are going to be surprisingly relevant to real estate investing (at least I hope so). 

U get a few of these folks that are influencers and then you get the herd mentality..

RE is a get rich slow game and there are increasing number of people talking about how difficult it is to retire from your day job even with large numbers of rentals because cash flow is thin.On the one hand there is the Small But Mighty portfolio mentality which I believe is a book in the BP store by Chad Carson.

If the new administration focuses on boosting housing supply or implementing tax incentives for real estate, we might see positive opportunities.

I’m considering selling and using the proceeds to reinvest in a long term rental closer to where I live but before I do, I am curious if you think a rental management company may be able to help boost rentals, thus making this a profitable property? 

Right or wrong I am of the mentality: Ready, Fire, Aim.

I even had a statement from a police officer and the Fire Chief that both said she was "mentally unstable and a danger to others."