The point is this year has been a true roller coaster. 

Entrepreneurship is a roller coaster ride.

I'm ready for the roller coaster, I love roller coasters!

This has been quite a roller coaster ride.

But landlording has been a roller coaster ride for sure.

Where Cali and other speculative markets look like a roller coaster on a graph other markets when they had a swing were not as prominent.I definitely think California will increase a bunch in 2013 but that doesn't mean a speculative state marks a rebound for the whole country.

I am a West Coaster, but have been deployed by my company to Singapore for an assignment.

you most certainly should. real estate is like riding a giant roller coaster. it definitely has its ups and down but wow when it is up it is awesome.

Meaning: if you never have taken a financial risk at all in your life, the first time you do it, you are going to go on an emotional roller coaster ride and it will impact your decision making.

It will be a roller coaster ride, especially with a professional tenant. ;) Just stick to your guns on "non-payment of rent" don't bend not one bit and once you start the court proceedings do not accept any partial payment as it will negate any current proceedings and you will have to begin all over again with notice to quit.