That's honestly the only reason one needs to keep $ in the bank, and not doing this important step is financial russian-roulette. 

I've had good results with Tom Mulloy for surveying, and with Alexandra Schrank at Re-max for listing and selling flip projects.

Mostly Chinese and Russian investors, but mostly the Chinese buying these like cookies.

Quote from @Alexandra Hughes Pailet: Hey all!

@Alexandra King  Thank you for the tip.  

Or maybe buy one rental in a good area and then maybe an STR somewhere near me (Sonoma county Russian River area). 

June’s reading is the smallest 12-month increase since March 2021 — around the time when alarm bells started sounding about fast-rising prices in the pandemic era — and a significant pullback from 9.1% in June 2022.The report “makes a strong case that inflation is headed back into the bottle,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.Easing price pressures thus far are largely attributable to the fading effects of supply shocks caused by the Covid pandemic and the Russian war in Ukraine, Zandi said.The decline in the inflation rate doesn’t mean household expenses have fallen in aggregate; it means they aren’t rising as quickly.And that’s good news for consumers: The average worker’s earnings growth is now outpacing inflation, translating to an increase in their standard of living after two years of declines.

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FYI, I am a lender and there are 3 trains of thoughts that I typically hear bantered around: 1)  We enter recession - Traditionally, rates fall in this scenario2)  Inflation continues, Fed keeps on hiking rates and/or black swan event like Russian tactical nuke - Rates will rise again if things feel out of control and the fed raises the fed rates.3)  We kind stay where we are economically - This should drop rates. 

Here's an example of one I found near Russian Jack park:https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Anchorage-AK...This one actually has a reasonable HOA of $271.