Even if you purchased your home at the very tip-top of the market before they dropped by 19%, if you would have simply paid your mortgage payments, mowed your yard, and stayed in the house for 6 years (you had to live somewhere during that time), you would have made money on your home...and that was the worst drop recorded.

Live with it for 6 days until the end of the month and then raise the rent 30-50% or just don’t renew.

Aloha @Michele Nakapalau -  I live in Mililani. 

There are 2 beds/2 baths/1 living room upstairs, and 2 beds/2 bath/1 living room down stairs in the fully finished basement with a separate walkout entrance.

I plan to short term it when I'm not living in it so I designed it with an additional vertical guest bed to the right of the living room and with extra dresser space in the bedroom in case of long term tenants.

So if every year I would buy an assumable rate property and live in it for a year then rent it out and repeat this.

Take Home Pay:  Approx $105K/YearMoving to Colorado in the next 6-9 months Living with a friend for extreme discounted rate Own two homes, one in Colorado cash flows around $250 , one in Florida (property of topic) [Mortgage$3200 HOA $440]

I live in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and have recently embarked on my journey as a real estate investor.I aim to build a solid foundation in real estate investing that allows me to achieve financial freedom.

You can find something that is livable, but you can upgrade over time while you live there.

In those cases, if the market goes down, you are willing to hold long enough for the market to rebound.My second piece of advice is to only buy properties that you would live in yourself.