Then a recession hits and they have to start all over.

Anyway, i think we as investors and landlords need to realize that people will only put up with perceived predatory money making for so long before they fight back  seems that we should strive to keep that from happening as we all loose then  Fact: In recent times (since the Great Recession) property values in CA have increased at a faster rate than the rent has increased.  

This is the greatest economy we've had in years and if they can't make it in today's economy, heaven help them when it all turns into recession. 

My homes have definitely been investments, in fact they have spring-boarded my career in real estate investing.My first home was purchased in an up-and coming area at the right time during the great recession. 

The coronavirus may just be the catalyst to push global economies in to recession territory if governments have trouble containing it. 

Some may argue that what happened to Dave in the 1980's is a freak situation, but during the great recession there were many real estate investors who lost everything.

There is a ton of opportunity here and the Midwest is less effected by recession.

The left leaning commie states do offer appreciation that you won’t see in the Midwest but no one ever talks about how they are the first to get hammered  in a recession .

There have been recessions where housing prices went unscathed.

I wonder if the hysteria didn't take hold because we were in the middle of the great recession which caused its on hysteria.