After adjusting for the fact that hard assets float against inflation, Real Estate destroys US Treasuries by a mile.

That's also important reason that we stay floated even during 2008-2009.

I think a lot of new investors bought in the hype last year at peak prices and when rent prices drop they are not gonna be able to float it.

The guy doing the pumping is supposed to drop a stick down or something to see how much crud is at the bottom and floating on the top. 

Appreciation will float it!

I also learned a bunch keeping it a float vAlso remember the buy and hold idea is to hold through the tough times.

another factor to consider... by floating down your student loans you are leaving the door open for more favorable conditions to pay them off (such as getting a job that qualifies for student loan forgiveness, or new legislation being passed that somehow reduces student loan debt/rates.

CDs are nice tools as they don't float, but lock in predictable returns (a 60mo yields 4.1% presently). 

The city is home to several major employers, including Banner Health, Wells Fargo, and Honeywell Aerospace.

Some big players are still using floating rate debt but they're getting solid rate caps and raising like a year or two of interest reserves.We have bridge debt on two properties (283 units) and are in the process of refinancing into fixed due to the rates and uncertainty.