Turns out the theory was right, but the decline has been even steeper.You might be able to predict whether a future market will be better or worse than the current one, but predicting how much worse or better is nearly impossible.And don't even get me started on how sponsors could be manipulating purchase cap rate, whether intentionally or unintentionally, by reporting pro-forma caps, non tax-adjusted NOI, and so on. 

The articles you read were posted by one particular investor who was trying to manipulate the other investors. 

And here in PA, the new buying/renting season starts the first day the temp hits 60 degrees, sometime in FEB or MAR. 

When a syndicator noted recently that due to 8 degree temps in ATL, THREE of their assets were wracked by frozen pipes bursting, it caused me a little alarm, a little worry---and then I went back to watching TV.

The USD is highly manipulated to control the economy.

Log cabins take a lot of maintenance ( mainly oiling them if your in an area with high temps) I owned one at one time it was beautiful and the wood interior was very inviting.  

I bought a nice 350k second home/condo out of state in Tempe, AZ last month (for monthly getaways with my wife - not to rent out) and it’s time to enjoy the fruits of my passive cash flow with RE.

It can make a double shot in a couple of minutes instead of having to wait for the boiler to get up temp like ours (10 minutes or so).

There's another slew of agents saying to re-list in March due to seasonality while that point is both true and false the agents have zero problem with some forms of manipulation of the market.

As for stock manipulation, yeah, I feel sorry for the fool who tries nerfing a banks stock via the measure noted.