If you don't have time to read the whole article, here's the meat of what he has to say on investing: "I tell these tales to illustrate certain fundamentals of investing:You don't need to be an expert in order to achieve satisfactory investment returns.

I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how real estate investment works

What would you explain the fundamental differnce between a Sub 2 and a Lease/Option to someone???

I'm also just getting started with of my first reads from the site to root myself in the fundamentals.

All markets can go up or down but some have more positive fundamentals compared to others.

I’d hope it’s just that time of the year and nothing more fundamental that is changing rental patterns.

I am currently working on my license right now as I think it would be a huge help in understanding fundamentals in practices and law.

Succesfully investing in real estate is simple; not easy, but the fundamentals are simple.I don't consider my personal residence an 'investment' other than a nice place where I want to live.

I was reading that the Fed might not raise rates for 12 years or  ever if that is possible.Buy only what you are comfortable with, stick to fundamentals, dont bank on appreciation, tax breaks or AirBNB income, buy only what makes somewhat sense long term and where interest rates are low and if it breaks even or close [probably not with FHA] then you can hold long term.If you are just renting you need an offset and long term appreciation to take out the tax sting at least.

The strong fundamentals of the Austin area economy and housing market remain unchanged.