Before you decide the market is going to crash, have a look at how resilient the market is now.

My plan has migrated to being a longer term buy-and-hold strategy (my original post noted 5 years.)For anyone else interested in this topic, this article neatly summarizes some of my broader concerns, including the idea that this coastal city should possibly be focusing on a retreat plan, not a resilience plan:https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/04/13/after-decades-waterfront-living-climate-change-is-forcing-communities-plan-their-retreat-coasts/

Owning residential debt will probably be one of the more resilient asset classes for this reason.

A strong why will sustain us with resiliency and perseverance while at the same time not keep our noses so against the grindstone that we sacrifice relationships.   

http://www.lumberliquidators.com/ll/c/Mount-Craig-Cherry-Resilient-Vinyl-Flooring-Tranquility-2MO/10024491 They are the full peel and stick kind.

If you're gonna hold the property long term, than the sooner you get in the better your returns will be, especially in a market like Boston that I expect will be pretty resilient over the next few years anyway. 

Welcome to the BP family Ian,if you can overcome NCLEX ,You sure can overcome the "analysis paralysis ".You will be amazed how resilient you are when you muster the courage to pull the trigger.

Imagine @Kevin Chen is talking about laminate being less resilient than engineered, so if same price... would also pick engineered!

Texas is resilient, but I doubt it'll not face any of it.

Indy specifically is on fire right now, though: Currently, Indianapolis is the second most economically resilient city in the USA in terms of least year over year job losses.