What happens when the electric company increases the cost of electricity by 30% because they were forced to switch from burning natural gas to burning  squirrel dung because it is more environmentally friendly? 

No need to crazy if you want to remain somewhat conservative but even putting 20-40% down on 60-80% LTV loans will allow you to scale much quicker than if you're just squirreling cash away under your mattress until you have enough to buy something outright. 

Oh, and our property manager reports that the tenant had a squirrel come out of the toilet!

I chose to challenge my own beliefs and see how I could handle becoming a landlord; So I bought 2 rental properties right off the bat in 2019 and ended up with an unplanned 3rd.

We've been squirrelling away our job earnings for a long time and spent the year trying to buy a primary residence but the low inventory, high cost and bidding wars left us without.

A family of squirrels managed to get all the way up to the attic through the window and make a home.

I gotta be honest, if I had to choose on betting a politician is going to do great intelligent policy work as it relates to economics and tax policy -OR- a squirrel can be trained to sing the star spangled banner while jumping through hoops of fire..... my money is on the squirrel. 

New rehab project, I was diagnosing an electric issue with a wire that ran through an attic near what had been a squirrel nest.

To the extent I overpay for the property, I will lose money in the event of this unplanned sale.2.)

If you are a human on this planet, you will be victim to bubbles and recessions and unplanned acts of god that influence the value of your asset.