I’ve met with founder of tax & title service several times and convinced that the appetite for risk is based on economics of risk and return.

I'm grateful that other real estate experts online can at least validate that real estate investing is being affected by current economic events. 

More economical purchase prices in Grover Beach and Oceano, but also less revenue, and also not sure about the regs. 

A high quality SFR in Austin will pay dividends in the long-run, and don't invest for anything but that. 5-6 years is too little, but if you are to expose yourself to that I would still take Austin.Those deep parts of SW FL are cyclical with retirement up & downs on economic recessions.

I know it's been somewhat economically depressed, but I see some attractive properties for sale would love to hear from anyone that has invested in that area before.

When rates are high taking out more leverage starts to create a lot more operational risk.There’s been a good discussion of house quality in the thread, but it has largely related to portfolio management over time, not the type of economic market.

It just shows economic illiteracy and a commitment to buying votes rather than supporting rational policy.

I am in Economic hardship the work shop people tell me I can make wholesale deals and get out of this money hole I am, but a realtor friend I have known for 40 years and knows that I have no money, tells me to get a 5 day a week job rather than 3 day a week as my current work schedule is.

Employment/Economic Diversity/Demand DriversNow if you can buy a house let's say 4-5 bedroom and have your kid live in one for 4-5 years and is the kind of kid who is responsible and a hard worker and a good networker and can keep the bedrooms rented for the next 4-5 years, there certainly could be an opportunity there.

These "investments" were pure speculation driven by a set of economic conditions which no longer exist.