Balloons coming due with higher interest rates, China market, China production, Manufacturing production moving back to the US, Worker shortages, Workert pay hikes, Ukraine/Russia food and fertilizer misses, Oil prices increasing due to the OPEC Q1 production curtailments in place, Houthi issues, Panama Canal Water issues, Illegal immigration impact (buy one of those office buildings and rent for $10mm per year for Illegal housing, take advantage) social benefits required, Climate change believe it or not- Buy or sell into that thought process,  US politics, Baby boomers leaving workforce and needing more benefits, Baby Boomers moving from Stocks to Bonds,  etc.I agree things will get worse, but that means more investing opportunities. 

Hi Brennan,  How did china option pan out.

I found a local guy who imports his stuff in from China, however, they’re not pre-assembled.  

We should fight it, to be honest.If you see how in China robots already helping lot of industry and people ….

Hi Tanjaree, here is what I found for the Waco metro area:Here are my rankings for zip codes in the metro area from best to worst-1.76706 (Waco) 2.76638 (Crawford) 3.76710 (Waco) 4.76630 (Bruceville) 5.76704 (Waco) 6.76640 (Elm Mott) 7.76708 (Waco) 8.76633 (China Spring) 9.76712 (Woodway) 10.76657 (McGregor) 11.76701 (Waco) 12.76691 (West) 13.76705 (Waco) 14.76655 (Lorena) 15.76643 (Hewitt) 16.76707 (Waco) 17.76711 (Waco) 18.76557 (Moody) 19.76682 (Riesel) 20.76524 (Eddy) 21.76624 (Axtell) 22.76664 (Mart) 23.76654 (Leroy)The Waco Metro also rates slightly above average compared to the rest of the state, making it a fairly safe bet as far as Texas goes. 

@Yongming HuangI’m going to make an assumption your comparison is versus China agent commissions around 2.1%.  

MORE THAN HALF OF THE ITEMS ON AMAZON ARE FROM CHINA.

to me its bringing buyer and seller together for comp.so if the contract flipper gets a pass then why do we need any real estate licenses at all.just a disclosure that someone is going to make a fee doing brokerage if no brokerage laws existed like in china no one needs  a license there. 

Defense they can get from China and Russia without our questioning their social and political alignments.  

Yes I realize China faces their own issues.