It’s a no brainer, especially with the number of folks talking leisurely long showers!

Really enjoying reading your thread interesting opinions, and thoughtful comments. yes, spillover effect.Both real estate and tech sector is extremely sensitive to cheap money policy.

I guess its sometimes tough to desscribe why that's so important - I simply feel that having accumulated wealth rapidly, even in a 401(k) that I can't spend for personal leisures, I will have access to opportunities that are not available to those of lesser net worth.Again, my financial goal is simply to increase the net worth of Scott Trench as rapidly as possible, to control as much money as possible, and to reap the benefits that high net worth brings.  

Seems to me a more private sector program could achieve more stable homeownership and provide an incentive for savings.  

They mainly buy in Bellevue and the Eastside anyway, so Lynnwood should not have much effect (if any).Lynnwood is a very good area with lots of new commercial and transit oriented development and still easily commutable by bus to Downtown Seattle, yet will also benefit from Boeing and the aerospace sector up in Everett. 

In the meantime, homeownership levels remain stagnant and the demand for apartment rentals is gaining steam once again.It will be interesting to note how the multi-family sector plans to catalyze the following conditions for future growth.GROWTH OPPORTUNITIESOne particularly interesting reentrant to the multi-family ending landscape is commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).

It is an extremely HOT sector to be in.

My goals with investing are to achieve financial freedom, and eventually have my investment properties cash flow pay for most of my expenses, allowing the income from my job to be used at my leisure.

Hello Arshad,It comes down to what sector you are looking to buy in (retail, medical, office, industrial, etc) as well as the particular tenant corporation you think you might want to deal with.

Investors in stocks in 2008-2009 couldn’t hide from the market correction-didn’t matter where you were or what sector, ( I will note, the astute paper asset investor will likely counter with short selling.