@Laura GuyReally we just need to educate people that by pushing all the risk and responsibility onto the property owners and no responsibility on tennants only increases the cost of housing and further pushes it into the hands of institutions that will never have an incentive to work with tennants or be responsive to them.The states with the most regulations have highest costs for those respective goods.The government's job is to setup the sandbox then let the kids play. The

So understanding the underlying math at play, the real work is to shorten those curve lines to maximal profit as best possible.

But we don't get to choose the field - just how we play the game.

So play the cards your dealt.. foreclosure rescue is a nice niche served me well when it was legal here.

I don’t think the housing market will slow down but if the plan is to hold for ten years, little blips will happen but you keep hold and play the appreciation game.

Play the long game.

@Brian Gibbons is it my fault that I am not smart enough to play the game the way you do...?

Seattle is like where I live... it's an appreciation play, not a cashflow play.  The

If its one-thing I've learned from my Wife's family and family friends they know how to play the long game.

Anyone can play the blame game, but it's not the profitable end of the business.