Economic factors as well as personal factors affect an individual's circumstance, so you can find deals in any environment.

Right now I'm actively sourcing self-storage opportunities in the $300k-$600k range...not sure a syndication would make economic sense at that price point.

  (3) The potential dip in values due to the economic fallout of covid-19 this year (if it happens) would likely not give enough time to recover to today's offer price before the balloon payment comes due

As a result we don't yet know how long we will be fighting the disease, and thus the type of economic recovery we will see.

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how this all shakes out in either direction, seeing as we haven't seen such an economic fallout due to completely external forces in our history. 

Both cities are doing really well economically and it will continue to rise.

While I do believe that strategy will EVENTUALLY pay off, you're looking at a solid 5-10 years before those puppies appreciate enough in value to make some money on them- most notably with the inevitable real estate correction in response to our current economic client.

Local/Regional Economic Development Councils.

States like Arizona, Florida, and several others have enormous growth rates, both in terms of population and economic growth.  

Then I go through the process of applying And then they tell me they're only doing conventional loans right now because of the economic crisis.