My local Real Estate market (San Antonio)  is strong but I would like to protect myself from a downturn and I worry about hedging my bets with stock market investments that would also decrease in value if there were an economy-wide slowdown or recession.       

Hi @Eddie T.We used to have this available, but it was so widely abused that we had to remove the ability to message anyone.

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You can use a  Monthly Rent/Purchase Price (1-2%) as @Jason V. suggested and that is not a bad place to start but it doesn't take expenses into account which can vary widely (insurance, taxes, maintenance costs on older properties, utilities, etc).  

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