Pretty much the two exceptions that could not be denied are airplane and rental property.

I received a call from a guy who's daughter owns a home on 16 acres in Onalaska, Wa that includes an airplane landing strip.

The time to review the instructions for landing the airplane is well in advance of takeoff.

I finished my degree and am now working at NORDAM working on airplanes.

Think about an airplane.... if the pilot is in a rush to take off without checking off all the important steps.

Car and Airplane traffic seems much, much lighter than last year.Zillow has 92314 appreciation pegged at 17% for 2022 but we know how well their predictive analytics worked out this year.Long term rentals have INCREDIBLE demand.

you can do it great.. but if I can snake the deal from you  then I get to drive a nice care. or in my case fly a nice airplane of which I have two.

In my view, not getting on an airplane, visiting the property, and driving the neighborhood is the biggest mistake any real estate investor can make.

Few thoughts on this:These past two years might not be replicated at any point in the next few years b/c it was a confluence of factors that came together all at once (high savings, little international / airplane travel, a lot of time at home for many folks, lots of cheap money flowing into system)But to @Alex S.'

Complacency... like experienced pilots trying to land an airplane and forgetting to put down the landing gears.