I don't want to brake my tenants and I want to be mindful that they are probably just trying to survive this outrageous inflation as well.

-Evan Brake

Well you can definitely monitor a market or two waiting for something to inevitably pop up that probably barely brakes even.

I vision your jeep upside down at the bottom of a cliff with a few dead bodies in it and your receiving a multi-million lawsuit that states you did not provide proper training that explained how to reduce speed and how to properly apply the brakes. 

It was legitimately a situation where we had pumped the brakes on buying a new home, so we refinanced our current.

Focus on the people first no matter where you're looking at investing.Its the people that will either make or brake your investmentThanks an don't forget that "Team Work makes the Dream Work"

I'm from Seattle area and looking to buy a duplex investment property but 99% of such properties in Seattle area are overpriced, rents below market, barely braking even, and still getting too many offers within a couple days.

It's always good to hear information that makes me/anyone "pump the brakes" for a bit and think.  

As long as you have some reserves in the bank in case something brakes the next day, and you think at as-is condition in that market you will be positive cash flowing, it seems sensible. 

Recycled cart has broken shovels, various brake fluids, steering fluids, razor blades, Draino, harded laundry detergent, rocks and concrete hunks etc...I really don't want to call and hire someone to sort trash...so I had to dump out all three carts in my front yard and sort through them, the broken glass was a challenge.