Because of the difficulty, there is a small percentage of investors who use it to generate deals and an even smaller percentage of investors who are actually good at it.Potential sellers in any given market get mail regularly from newbie investors that want to buy their house and are therefore almost immune to it.

Hotel and hospitality on the other hand should see a massive rebound next year once we achieve a better state of immunity.

The further south you get the more likely you will see a hurricane, but nowhere in the state is immune.  

Could be a slight off topic but MF properties would play much safer during the market correction because you can still pay expenses and the mortgage while few tenants can’t pay, plus many other benefits and advantages.MF was not immune to the 2008 crash you only have to look at  FLA GA NV  and other areas to see plenty of failed apartment deals.. 

Sounds like we are immune for 3 to 6 months.Next year 2021, I expect to be a banner year for the economy. 

He's the epitome of a slum-lord who inherited it from the parents & the place is in dire need of maintenance, yet he seems immune to code violations.Most of the little strip motels (there were many) have been forced into bankruptcy/foreclosure by a deluge of microtels that cropped up 2016-2019, then Covid hit, so most have 90% vacancies.

Traveling the country to meet with specialist and to find the right way to stabilize his immune system was the biggest challenge.

Austin was not, is not, and never will be immune to the downturns in global real estate markets. 

So its not immune like any other real estate..

Just like any other asset class retail is not immune to buying the wrong lease structures, wrong location, wrong tenant type, etc.