Yes lots of engineers, in fact that is practically the entire economy.

Although, Orlando's rental market is hot right now, we still have a pretty aggressive real estate retail economy and finding properties that cash flow $500+ a month can be challenging.  

Houston was horrible back then(skipping bush 1 recession since I made lot money on that one)2) the dot com recession was a boom busting from the failing IPO's, a ponzy pyramid scheme economy.   

I'm sure the same thing will happen again soon but hopefully be a bit less of a disruption to the economy and be a bit more spread out rather than concentrated failure.

do the gig economy help you in your real estate investing..I'mA

If these are leveraged how will things be when when the economy doesn’t support the requirements needed to sustain STR’s?

Unfortunately a lot of these look like old hobby farms or homesteads that are being converted to whole new subdivisions with 40+ homes and I dont have any deals that would have that sort of economy of scale.

, diversified economy, affordability, etc. 

In a good economy, I would rather sell off my worse performing properties and pay down the debt on my better performing properties. 

(Right now it is about 1% lower than when I bought)Full transparency in option 2 - I know the market and economy are extremely volatile, and anything can happen, however the city I live in (Raleigh NC) has been continuously exploding over the past decade.