The number of workers in most industries - automotive, manufacturing, etc - has either stagnated or declined, while the level of output has increased fairly dramatically.

And what they did prevent was the ridiculous wealth gap we now see and enabled huge investments in infrastructure (like the entire interstate, railroads, electrification, telecommunications etc etc) that we still rely on today.For all the whining about changes in tax policy for real estate or capital gains, there is no historical evidence to suggest it will dramatically change the trajectory of the market. 

Specifically, the dramatic difference in purchase price and foreclosure rates in the States vs Canada.Granted, I'm sure that with enough digging, good investment options can be found in any market, but after a very quick comparison of my local market (Peterborough, Ontario, a city of under 100k about 1.5 hours outside of Toronto) with, for example, Buffalo, the price discrepancies are MASSIVE. 

Not only did commercial real estate assets like self-storage outperform the market during the Great Recession, they increased in value dramatically.

I have maybe another 10-15 years maximum in which I can do all of this stuff myself, at which point I will probably sell my entire portfolio unless something dramatic happens with the willingness of anyone to come out and do any kind of manual/physical labor.

The advertising that the platforms do has a dramatic impact on hosts.

My story is not at all so dramatic compare to many other stories on this forum, but I want to make things right.

I kind of went on a long rant on purpose for the dramatic effect.

On SBA 504 loans, rates won't lock until the the SBA gives approval on the loan which means we have had to wait 12 weeks for SBA approval and rates have increased dramatically since the early stages.

I bought some property in Jersey City and Newark a few years ago, rock bottom prices....they have appreciated dramatically, while my cousin's million dollar home in the burbs only appreciated slightly, but has much more space to go down and down, especially during a recession.I'm looking at some property in Philly and Willmington now....seems like a great investment because I can't see prices going much lower and the cash flow is amazing....although I'm not sure how easy it is to find section-8 renters, i need to do more research.