I've made the personal decision to stack cash and wait until things unfold how I expect that they will.Originally posted by @Alexander Felice:How should I prepare for an unpredictable, theoretical event of unknown proportion and timing, with little to no supporting evidence?

How has your journey been unfolding?

Just got an offer accepted on a property in Hawaii yesterday, just making this as a record / log for myself as well as others to follow along and give suggestions or recommendations as the process unfolds.

While we wait to see what unfolds here is some interesting data in regards to rates.How have rates historically been affected in election years in the past?

That was the rate that German currency was devaluing.I believe that the more gimmicks we try to unfold in the name of dodging inflation or maintaining the value of our currency.

Here’s how it unfolded: List Price: $103,100, 4 bedroom, 2 bath SFRPurchase Price: $60,934 How did we get a deal so far under list?

Should be interesting to see how it all unfolds.

While this may be a small portion of overall sales, when this money is targeted in one specific area, rapid price increases can unfold.

I have seen more than one horror story unfold where somebody did not and down the road did modifications only to find out the structure is not compliant and they are out a bunch of money to fix the situation.

@Chris Clothier  I think with the advent of all of the guru's and sites like BP  were everyone talks about the best way to get started in RE is to wholesale.you have thousands of folks doing it and of course some with very poor results and complaints being filed.. and Agents getting upset etc etc. will be interesting to see how this all unfolds over the coming years.It sure would be much easier if us in the business of value add could just tie up the property tell the seller we will close once we do a full rehab and have our end buyer in place. thereby avoiding holding costs  :)  and driving up profits  !!!