Scott, the influence system is a recent innovation of Josh so older posts did not get any points.

Thankfully, technology and innovation helped the industry power forward, and business gradually ramped back up as shelter-in-place orders were lifted.

There's so many catalysts for population and job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide Hospital, etc).

Nowadays, there's so much competition with the institutions using high-frequency software, the individual investors like me also have to use high-frequency software, or we won't get any loans.But it is an awesome model and an amazing financial innovation.

Just because a house needs to go through the probate  process doesn't mean there is any opportunity for an investor, or a catalyst for a seller to need to sell.

Innovate or die is a mantra every entrepreneur should think about regularly.

There are a myriad of different innovative strategies to finance any deal.

Like I said I just moved here and I opened up my corp in Nov/15 so I don't have any income tax docs to prove my income yet.

But we're in strange times (job loss, interest rates, tech innovation, etc.), so I'm leaving lots of room for ambiguity. 

Google "leading economic indicators" for indicators that tend to predict.Tim Chapman Auto and student loans aren't new or systematically large enough...yet...they are a growing headwind but not a catalyst for a turn in the cycle.