Soon after arriving to my first duty station in central TX (Ft.

I am going to start investing as soon as my work permit arrives and banks will lend me money.

I am going to start investing as soon as my work permit arrives and banks will lend me money.

Then the market continued to crashed (we bought on the way down) and 2 more kids later,(lol) we rode the market down to a -50k loss, then rode it back up to a +90k gain.

I am trying to compile historical real estate data going back to before the last market crash, so let's say back 15 years to 2004.

They want your "skin in the game".The companies that used to provide 100% financing with no buyer downpayment - they all went out of business during the 2008 crash!

People here continuously talk about real market crashes as if they were a normal occurrence and have blinders on to what reality is when it comes to real estate.

Arrive the day before to go shopping in the expo hall.Definitely be in your seat in time for the movie - it's always super fun. 

(Had a crash course a couple weeks go when I replaced my own water heater!)  

The other end of the stick would be like many markets in California where people are getting no cash flow to even negative cash flow, but a ton of appreciation.I wouldn't expect to really see a crash in Phoenix any time soon.