My son got into real estate 3 years ago and I became fascinated with the idea of investing through conversations with him.

I find these strategies fascinating 

I've been a BiggerPockets fan for years, dating back to when the company started as I was fascinated by real estate and wanting to build a legacy / empire that would last decades after I take my last breath.

I am completely fascinated by real estate.

It's the fascination with percentages instead of dollars that does it. 

The world of trades absolutely fascinates me and am looking to soak in as MUCH information as possible about real estate and renovations, specifically.

Columbus is a fascinating market...lots of speculation now, so just be cautious.

Squatters should not have any rights to someone else's property.The other smaller issue I see with this is a further push towards Seattle's fascination with car hostility.

I am still a buyer at the right price but I am also very conservative in my assumptions.There is a lot of inventory in the pipeline in a lot of markets and very little in others where you would expect more so it will be interesting to see how things play out over the next few years.I like to anticipate a correction and rising rates. l underwrite deals from the position of having to reduce rents and lease rates to complete and counting in increases to meet return on equity.We are beholden to interest rates and as we experienced last fall a very small uptick can have quick and severe consequences all across the board.With pressure on CAP rates for almost every asset type and class the commercial and multifamily markets are reminiscent of the housing bubble in 2008-2009.It sure is a fascinating time and it will be very interesting to see how this whole thing unwinds as is inevitably will. 

I think this is pretty fascinating especially your perspective on it Chad.