You see how the investor margin starts shrinking quick. 

I'd rather put a $100,000 deduction on my 2025 tax return (and shelter 2025-sized dollars) than sprinkle annual $3K deductions over the tax returns I file between 2025 and 2055 (when, with inflation, every year the value of the deduction shrinks.)

price points as you denote for SF Bay Area and Seattle are why Portland boomed from 90 to 2019 or so.. then the riots and homeless took over and not so great right now .. and actually population is shrinking but the suburbs are still quite robust.. the in migration from CA though has slowed to a trickle..

Still the same.2. we have a shrinking work force in the US (more boomers than zoomers), that is a historic first, so will look different.

BUT, if housing becomes that cheap, how many renters will switch from being a renter to being a home owner thereby shrinking the rental market and thereby the demand and there goes your rental income. 

.: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: Quote from @Clayton Silva: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: Quote from @Clayton Silva: Definitely helps to get quotes from a few places, problem is that options are shrinking as more carriers leave the state of CA. 

Viewing them in the short and medium term becomes quite risky, as I've watched my own stock portfolio shrink by 25% in the last three weeks.

The question becomes, what if the quality of life degrades to the degree that SF or any other blue city sees a shrinking population (ie Detroit in years past).

I supply 2.5 oz shrink wrapped packages of ground coffee instead.

"Equity shrinks pretty quickly when you sell".Thirdly, anybody tooting their own horn wants something from you . . . your money.Now, since I have 10,000,000 houses and $100,000,000,000 in equity, I can verify this is true.Seriously folks, question everything in life and you'll love me for learning that principal.You may ask, is the person answering my post an expert and is their opinion good?