There is risk to it (ask the owners that declared bankruptcy in the financial crisis, or the publicly traded REITs that went under or nearly went under).  

It's the worst or best (depending on your strategy) boom and bust real estate market in the world.The explosion of the last bubble during the financial crisis was much worse than the US, with some properties losing three quarters of their values.

If you started studying since the change in the millenium, the last major depression was a mortgage crisis literally derived from this.One "catch" that people don't understand is the difference between who owns the Note/loan and who does the servicing. 

Prior to the financial crisis, I sold a house to an individual. 

Pick any 4 year period over the last 75 years with the exception ofthe 2007 subprime crisis and the housing on average increased.

They all want to over charge for work and especially if they know you are in a bind/crisis.

Buildings should be owned by the residents themselves or by one person or llc and no more than five buildings or complexes per company. this whole housing and real estate crisis has gotten way out of control and it’s ridiculous bYour inability to qualify for a mortgage has nothing to do with my ability to qualify for one.You know the difference between you and me? 

Zoom), but if the Covid crisis showed anything, it showed that people go insane when alone even with Zoom.

How will you differentiate yourself from the people twice your age that have bought/sold their own homes many times, know what it's like to be a functional member of a community, raised children, owned businesses, worked a 30-year career in corporate America, lived through the housing crisis of 2008, and earned more than a few battle scars in life?

In case you haven’t heard (or seen), Los Angeles has a housing crisis.