It's a market that's very insulated to recession, so there's some peace of mind that regardless of where we are in the cycle you can continue to cash flow and hold your value.

Things happen like DIVORCE, RECESSION and CHILDREN.

William Doom your last name is good to have when talking about a recession lol.It’s hard to Time the market but yes from my research as well I see it happening around middle of 2020.

Most investors I talk to that are looking for safe more approachable markets are looking for 10% coc, 8% cap rates, positive population growth and history of insulation to a recession. 

Fast growing large cities like Austin & Atlanta or smaller like Boise, where homes are appreciating due to the increase in jobs and population, 1% is just not possible. 10 years ago during the depth of the recession, yes, but not today.

Its impossible to have a crystal ball @Jonathan Vona, there are people like Robert Kiyosaki and other economists who predict a correction / recession / crash or whatever you want to call it this year or by 2019.If you are going by the 10-12 years cycle then it may happen, if you are looking at the debt levels in the US and Europe then yes it doesn't look sustainable especially with rising interest rates.

The Buy and Hold for appreciation hurt many investors during the last recession.

housing slump-huge negative impactabout 50% risk that a recession will begin in AZ before the end of the year http://kuat.org/misenplace.cfm?

Mine has full book until April next year.What recession ?

What kind of methods or techniques do you use to ensure that your portfolio will withstand a recession?