If the weather gets excessively hot or cold, covered parking is even more valuable, especially for men who tend to baby their automobiles.

A sociopath is immune, but most people are not.  

There are no investments that are immune to risk in general.I like to invest in growing markets that also have traditional tourism draws, but that is my preference. 

.: if only more people wanted to live in Monessen.https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2021/09/18/pennsylvania-tow...I cannot imagine a scenario short of a fallout pocket in a global thermonuclear war or an oddly coincidental infection-free zone in a zombie apocalypse that would make more people want to live in Monessen.OK, maybe if all the dealers down there all decide to give the meth away for free.

We see this on BP when the talk of automobiles comes up.. you have the guy with 5 rentals and driving a beat up 200k mile Toyota and damn proud of it.. :)  And then others talking about the Hot sports car they want to buy..

And it looks like the institutional quality and low debt features of most DSTs aren’t immune to good ole market forces.

Especially if it's a lien immune to foreclosure, that can cost you. 

We were not immune as we lost about 20 units, but they were either owners with unreal expectations and/or underperforming units due to not being well located/renovated/lacking amenities etc. 

And to be fair i think it works in the low value asset world as these properties basically were trading at the values of automobiles..

Here are the metrics that I would use in the five categories you cite:  - Household Debt Service Payments as a Percent of Disposable Personal Income (TDSP) - Mortgage Debt Service Payments as a Percent of Disposable Personal Income (MDSP) - Consumer Loans: Other Consumer Loans: Automobile Loans, All Commercial Banks (CARACBW027SBOG) - Student Loans Owned and Securitized (SLOAS) - Consumer Loans: Credit Cards and Other Revolving Plans, All Commercial Banks (CCLACBW027SBOG)I put in links rather than images since BP tends to delete my images for some reason.