What can I expect as a 25 year old male in our current economy and political state as a country?

I personally know over 100 ways to make money in real estate but as my circumstances and the economy changes the "correct" combination of time energy and money changes.I apologize if this answer is of so little assistance.

'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.I'm only pulled in the other direction because I know that most investors that run their operation like a business would leverage their equity to purchase more properties... since I can't leverage it via mortgage, I thought the smart thing would be to sell and buy properties that could be leveraged in the future.So, considering the current economy and real estate market... would you hang on until the situation 'needed' to be fixed, or switch tracks immediately and double-down?

@Anthony Dooley fortunately Modesto and Stanislaus counties are not representative of the entire state of CA, which by the way has 40M people, 12M housing units, and is the 5th largest economy in the world.

I believe this growing economy is a good place for investment.

Hi,According to some stats I read, certain neighbourhoods went up by over 20%, and Alta Vista / elmvale area was actually one of the lower appreciating areas in Ottawa. while 20% is not sustainable, our local economy is strong and housing remains one of the most affordable amongst major cities in Canada.

The economy of scale along with the benefit of tax advantages is why you see investors by multiple properties using leverage.

I’m following this same investment path as my first deal and have similar concerns.I do feel as though the strong underlying economy in Denver creates great long term prospects for appriciation and rent increase, despite the short term but very likley threat of depreciation.However I don’t think slowdown in rent should push you out of the deal. 

The flipping options in the area have lowered due to the economy going so well.

"This year is the big correction" "Any day now, we'll be buying houses for 40 cents on the dollar" "longest bull run in decades has to end soon" Let me elaborate and I'll finish with my point.The economy is fairly strong.