Choosing a market for the wrong reasonsInstead of selecting a market for objective reasons like a strong economy and job market, investors select a city for subjective reasons such as the area being a popular spot for family vacations.2.

Hypothetical situations prove that property value and housing prices directly correlate to mortgage rates, but what underlies both scenarios is the health of the economy.If the economy grows fast enough, rising mortgage rates will not have as great an effect on property value and housing prices.

The economy moves based on the availability and cost of debt.

Is this something you believe might happen with interest rates increasing and the economy heading in this current direction? 

It always works if your return is there, the economy of the time does not matter.

This wave of spending will take another 3 to 4 years to work through the economy.

I think they will but I just don’t see the big reduction but somethign in between.That does exclude a nuke going off in Ukraine and/or the fed going in so hard and stubbornly that they completely break the economy - the 1980 rates would do that. 

I’ve been following BiggerPockets and reading REI books for a couple years and really want to do my first deal with a desire to apply economies scale, sooner than later.

I would love to hear any arguments against the economy bouncing back soon.

I though the EU destroying independent economies was bad enough.