The incentive with going on my own is the potential to leverage the investment through debt and decrease the reinvestment risk.

Likewise, for the past 20 years I have never decreased rents - ever! 

It's a super hyperfocused perspective and you lose sight of all of the benefits: decreasing your living expense, gaining landlord and real estate investing experience, principal paydown, low down payment, depreciation, tax write-offs, etc.

I have to think we're going to see a decrease in prices in the next 2 years - probably year and a half.

Continue to buy investments with 5-10 exit strategies as well as equity and you decrease a lot of the risk!

For Condos HOA will definitely eat up  at your purchase price, decreasing it.

In fact, the 2011 dispute over the debt limit and budget deficits contributed to Standard & Poor’s decreasing the U.S. credit rating for the first time ever.

I suspect we'll see a similar, albeit smaller, decrease in rental activity.

November 2022 Massachusetts Housing Data: 1st Yoy price decrease since 12/2018 and inventory is building quickly.

However, even when you have maximum exposure, listings tend to get stale after two weeks and the tenant quality usually decreases.