This is the age of the internet and experience and knowledge trump proximity and face time (in certain professions).

If she purchased at the time she first indicated fears that a correction was coming instead of waiting she would be able to weather a significant depreciation cycle without loosing any of her initial investment.For a lot of reasons I believe Coastal So Cal RE prices are not going to fall significantly in the near term: 1) housing shortage (vacancy rates are near the lowest in the country and they cannot build enough homes to meet demand) 2) rising minimum rage 3) low unemployment; high competition for skilled workforce 4) no matter what you think of Trump, his decisions have been to grow business (very pro-business) this implies revenue is likely to continue to increase which combined with the shortage of skilled workers is likely to result in wage growth (the cost of this growth may be problematic).I see a lot more indicators for further near-term appreciation than I see for significant depreciation. 

@Donald ShaverundefinedMy house is worth about $250k. 

Thank Trump.

@Donald Shaver, thank you for your feedback as well. 

I mean heck, even President Trump got a $5 million loan from his dad to start his business!

Perhaps if I was a larger operation I could handle more leads that I'd have to decline, but since my time is limited, I think lead quality trumps all.Good info about my local BNI!  

Like Donald mentioned, I do have one each month.

,@Omar Khan, @Bo Kim, and @Donald Shaver Thank you all very much for your opinions and guidance.

Bored this weekend? Read an article on homeownership rates. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lKHLKvzANC_JjeDFN-vdXHuk3VV1VAUf/view?usp=sharing