The main reason I am drawn to new at this point is the low likelihood of needing ANY maintenance in the first 5 years; since you got it new, you are in charge of how well maintained it is over its life cycle, and have control to sell at the optimum time so that you can re-invest that money into another new tub in need of no maintenance. 

It happens every cycle.

That's what you'd need to supplement your income when the market cycles down...If you are flipping well/correctly, I agree that interest rates directly shouldn't be a driving factor. 

And for those not in the know, Stagflation is known as the worst, hardest economic cycle to be locked into.

I did not outright predict a depreciation cycle, I was more pointing out the risk of RE depreciation was higher than the previous year and it should be factored into offers. 

As a single man, I am kind of looking for some adventure, and I love cycling.

@Grant Sylvester the only reason wholesalers are wholesaling is they never learn to structure a deal...they'll pay $5,000 for a class to learn to wholesale and never learn to structure a purchase money mortgage or work with other peoples money to secure deals for themselves...seems like a vicious cycle to me...Wholesaling is not investing...period...it has a marginal place at the bottom of the continuum...you can be the best trash man in the city, but you're still a trash man...nothing personal against trash men, of course. 

Like last cycle, buyers want to get into a home and to qualify for the DSCR they will need a lower payment, hence the attractiveness of an ARM.

The BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) cycle allows you to accumulate a portfolio over time with little down payment by repurposing your resources for more investments.3.

I know this varies from market to market and within market cycles, but just something somewhat reliable for a quick and dirty analysis.