Since housing affordability tends to lead the trajectory of existing home sales by about half a year, we suspect the housing market will continue to cool through the second half of the year.https://www.zerohedge.com/mark...Here's a complete list of where home prices fell the most.1.

You have to change your trajectory.

Hopefully you will live a long life and 4 years is not going to break the trajectory of your goals especially since you don't likely have a bunch of capital right now to hit the ground running and keep running without running out of fuel (cash).

Might as well say you're going to figure out the trajectory to send a rocket to the moon.

You could do a deal or two and learn something in that time and if the housing market implodes you're learning trajectory will increase significantly.

Once they are on a downward trajectory they just keep going.

The good news and the bad news is that your fate as a landlord is largely sealed on the day you close escrow ... and that has to do with the quality of the property and neighborhood you choose, the short and long term trajectory of rents relative to expenses, as well as the price you pay relative to the sold comps and the rehab costs needed.

Do your research and pay attention to the trajectory of the taxes.  

You might need to bank on appreciation more than cash flow in a buy and hold strategy in most areas, though, which puts you on a speculation trajectory.

What do locals feel about the long term trajectory of the city itself?