The profession of architecture has been in flux and and it seems like i should broaden my horizons.

I'm starting to expand my horizons to different investment vehicles and different markets.

Those kinds of people have a definite horizon for the time they will be in Oceanside and probably have a specific date that they would be moving out. 

I am investing for cash flow these days (15 year horizon).

Absolutely not.Also as a perma-bull, because I believe quality assets will continue to go up, I tend to strategize buy and hold with a long time horizon.

There are countless factors that go into evaluating buildings, guaging the health of the area, calculating how long it will take to fill a vacancy, stress testing deals, projecting on the upsides as well as downside, dynamics of having an anchor tenant lease renewal on the horizon, guaging competition and surrounding vacancy, looking at future development of the area, understanding how local politics are affecting growth, traffic patterns etc. 

After working with many SDIRA custodians in selling performing mortgage notes to clients, I've found that Equity Trust was difficult to work with, Entrust almost impossible, Horizon pretty good and Accuplan the best.  

All that taken together tells me that no recovery is forthcoming, but rather a total collapse of this broke country is on the horizon.

I know it's foolish to try to time the market and there's always going to be some excuse not to take a risk, but there must be some sort of correction on the horizon sooner than later.

Perhaps it is time to expand your horizons.