If you run enough analysis in the area, you start to understand that they start to get predictable, so you'll know you need to be under $XXX  condo fee and under $XXXXXX purchase price to make it work for you.

Diversification is the key to spreading risk should there be an economic collapse as predicted by Peter Schiff and other leading economists on May 28, 2016.

Cash-flow seems to be the less-risk-and-more-predictable game.

Through trial and error, I keep coming to same conclusion that the availability of capital, speed and predictability of terms are more important than rate and points.As far as deal flow for flips, that has been the problem.

This case underlies the importance of determining the existence and effects of all encroachments and restrictions that exist on real property before deciding to purchase, or at least attempting to predict their effects.I copied that from the link regarding the courts decision in California to uphold an easement owners property rights. 

@Vamshi Ananth,I've already made my predictions on here where I believe our market will be headed in the near future.  

It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when and none of us can predict that.

Keep some money liquid so you can buy when prices go down.However you won't be able to predict a coming decline, so don't try to.

You provided some great info and it sounds like your predictions regarding growing areas were correct - would you be willing to provide an update for 2022?

Basically you are looking at your equity in the property that currently exists, and you have a choice to either reinvest that equity in the property that you already own and get the returns you predict in the next year, or take that equity and invest in a different property with a different return.