Are you saying that history shows this all time record high in the stock market was going to happen...and that it will continue to rise even higher in all future years...and that you are going to base your investment strategy on the hysterical historical basis?

“Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.”Benjamin Franklin

Fueled by easy-lending standards for investors, speculators helped drive up housing prices in certain markets.Historically low interest rates that ensured housing prices would rise more quickly than income levels as consumer dollars stretched further.The failure of rating agencies to actually research and rate the safety of mortgage securities, and their unwillingness to act once the problem was apparent.The Federal Reserve’s unwillingness to stop lending that could jeopardize the economy (even though they had the right to do so).Rampant cash-out re-financing that made homes “ATMs” for consumers who wished to purchase what they could not afford.Fiscal policy built on the assumption of never-ending home appreciation, and the dependency of jobs and consumer spending on never-ending home appreciation.A derivatives market which multiplied the amount of money at risk beyond the value of the underlying assets.

I'm used to seeing expensive raw land for downtown condo developments, high rise, etc.  

I was finding that 6% was an attractive rate to my private investors for the last 3 years but with interest rates on the rise, that may shortly change.

My question to the landlords and property managers is: A tenants in a 60 unit luxury apartment building heating unit has frosted over and now needs to be worked on, it was suggested by the HVAC person to start the eme...

I bet if you looked at it, with the rise of sites like Zillow, there has been a sharp rise in agents getting both side of the sales.  

For my comfort zone dollar cost averaging all the way down is better than buying on the rise.

House prices are high and rising, and people are still buying by using leverage, and leverage is cheap due to the low interest rate! 

I am a new real estate investor from Olympia who is looking to participate in an investor group of any size, in other words shared risk/reward, and I can bring cash and 720 credit (and it will rise some more) to the table.