We had an ice storm in Austin back in 2021 and suffered a burst copper pipe above the kitchen in one of our rentals, doing significant damage.

Put those fires out before you plant seeds.

So $100k, vacant land, plant some timber, let them grow for 40 years, then someone will pay you to come and log the timber. what companies do this?

These guys are throwing up houses as fast as possible and quality suffers.

The best time to plant a tree is now or 20 years ago.

Those who jump on the digital bandwagon will benefit significantly whereas the reluctant ones will have to suffer.

If you want to try a short-term rental, save up cash and buy another property that works for that purpose.Some people think we've already suffered a correction, but I don't see a lot of people suffering yet.

She/her appraisal company also argued that the homeowners didn't suffer any damages (although if they hadn't gotten the 2nd appraisal they definitely would have), and that the Fair Housing Act shouldn't apply to appraisers (Federal regulators disagreed on this point).

Some of these may not ever become your real life expenses, but if they did, you'd rest easily because you've already accounted for them, and your cash flow won't suffer  :)

Also, Cadillac is coming back to Warren and we have GM/Chrysler adding thousands of jobs through the next few years & pumping billions into their plants.