Do you think being an RE agent has benefits or negatives?

A common mistake most first time househackers make is assuming a deal is bad just because the cashflow is negative... you're still building equity into an appreciating asset, that your tenants are helping you pay for :) 

For example i am in the DC area and bought properties that had little to no cash flow or even negative cash flow five years ago and now they cash flow and have appreciated - so double bonus. 

Sometimes you've to block negative things out I suppose;  thanks again.

Anyone who is holding houses that are negative cashflowing but being supported by other cashflow streams would be wise to get rid of those while the market is still high. 

Any vacancy, maintenance, and management (your time is worth money) leads to negative cash flow.

Open to US/Canadian marketsNot to be negative, but that's not going to happen.  

We were hoping that even with some negative cash flow, the fact that we would be paying off the mortgage on a relatively good property in a good area - would eventually leave us with IT (the property) - which is something more than any REIT or whatever market would be able to leave us with.Houses are houses.

I know the statistics on how high the turn over rate is in real estate, but I believe in myself.

Multi-families, with their value based on income produced, weren't affected negatively at all.