Folks can't buy due to lack of inventory and can't burrow as much due to high interest rates.2) Over 4trillion sitting in money market accounts and ready to be deployed.3) Fed starts reducing rates 3rd and 4th quarter this year.4) Flood gates open for real estate again and activity starts.5) Crypto boom after BTC halving (Already started last year).6) Stock boom with AI and lower interest rates (Will become bubble IMO like Dotcom days).7) Trump wins office and lowers company taxes.8) War between Ukraine and Russia ends sending oil prices lower and inflation lower.Next 2 years or so we could see a big boom across the board and if we do, I'd start getting worried that in late 2025 or 2026 something was bound to happen.An unpredictable "Black Swan" kind off event per se.So let's see how things unfold but interesting times for sure.Just my opinion mate so take it with a grain of Pink Himalayan Salt lolThanks  my pinky salt also saying that money market money would move to real estate again after they just slightly reducing the rate.we're at pivot in US economy where most real business can't survive 5% rate while all other investment BS like stock/RE/crypto is all at all time high LOL

I am part of a family brokerage where my Dad is the broker and my mom is a Realestate agent. I recently became a realtor and would love to bring value to investors that flip homes by offering our staging for free, and...

So I personally take valuations at a downturn part of the cycle with a grain of salt (similar to people who look at the stock market every day during a downturn and get super stressed out and then become tempted to sell at the worst time possible).

with an 1880s wood building (age of many 2 flat buildings) it’s not if you have rotted wood but where. for me it was a constant battle caulking/replacing windows spraying insulation to keep cold air out and conducting yearly termite inspections. you might still have some of these issues with brick buildings but you have more time (fix it this year as a opposed to right now) @Mark Ainley curious if you have any other anecdotal reasons why brick is better than wood- i know i’ve heard this come up on the podcast numerous times

Take it all with a grain of salt and doo your comparing.     

If you're a new investor always take these with a grain of salt.

Either get a spray bottle of bleach or vinegar to clean it on a regular basis. 

I have not house-hacked, so take this with a grain of salt, but I am thinking about it from the financial perspective, and it's analogous to owning a two- or three-family house, where you live in one of the units and rent out the others.  

That is why you must take with a grain of salt investors here who claim that they "forced appreciation" and their property is now worth "double."

They sent a guy with a bottle of bleach and water to spray all my baseboards.