Personally, even with interest rate uncertainty and election year hysteria, I am building a stronger and stronger conviction around the fact that I need to get a little more aggressive in acquiring more income properties.   

And they can not buy a foreclosure for their personal benefit.As to your comment "I'm spending this week learning about foreclosure investing" the first thing to study is RCW 61.34.030 Criminal penalty.make sure you understand what that means.

If and when available for my personal properties or buyer client's in Oregon, seller financing has been the way to go.

I really would like to keep as much personal cash as I can at the moment because I am expecting some very big life changes this summer which will take a good chunk of my income.

Personally this is the way I think governments should implement these regulations.

like what most people don't get about the AI is that, currently, in 2024, the AI will become a sudden giant because there's world war three among data centre elephant and data modeler : microsoft vs google vs meta vs amazon, they are the one that's buying thousand of nvidia gpu with the hop one day that one small company or startup can replace the incumbent like google , pfizer All their purchase makes every single nvidia employee can buy a house in santa clara county easily lol. it would impact REI by a lot later on as employment and employability or group of persons would change.

As that will at least help folks that you reach out to know that you are a real person, with a picture and professional bio.

With respect to the other market cycles this is what I would personally do to exploit the upcoming market cycle:Recession: Network and Educate!

Personally it all seems to equal out in the end.Our cleaner charges a flat rate no matter how long the stay or number of guests.

Quote from @Albert Johnson: Stay out of personal drama.