He makes a living selling walnuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds and dry chickpeas).

It will change the way you think about where to store your "dry powder" and "liquid funds". 

When interest rates jumped last year there were a number of investors we knew that found themselves underwater because they were working on best case numbers and the buyer pool dried up as interest rates shot up. 

All of my gray hair came from our world record of 22 minutes before closing!!! 

Seems like they constantly upsell their programs, sell their services and find ways to bleed their clients dry.

If we assume we're looking at recession over the next year or two, the first thing to typically dry up is peoples discretionary budget so trips to Disney get postponed or cancelled altogether.Therefore, from a planning perspective, if the STR market dries up or slows WAY down like it is in other markets, it would seem to be to be an easier thing to potentially shift to long term rental for a year or two if you were renting out a 4 or 5 bed home, versus trying to LTR in a 10+ bed home.I'm just looking at this from a strategic perspective and trying to play this as smart as I can.

He has a vacuum dry sense of humor, which is quite funny and refreshing vs some of the drivel that gets posted.

And the overall cost is just a part of doing business....if people don't want to deal with permits, then they are in the wrong business.I could tell you stories about permits and inspections that would curl your hair.....Lol... 

April/may the bookings dried up.

Your wife and kids may want a home to live in, preferably where they have already established a life, friends, social, school, church, shopping, playgrounds,  doctors, dentists, hair dresser, etc.