It's the few who often survive this roller coaster.

My daughter and I rode the Goat Coaster mid week and we basically walked up and chatted with the folks running the place and they let me mount my Insta360 x5 to the front brace of the coaster so I could do a video.

This year has been a roller coaster and not a lot of signs point to a different second half...

I've handled a few evictions for clients who are removing family from their units under somewhat similar circumstances, and it's always an emotional roller coaster.

I have never jumped off a moving roller coaster .

And my options are: -One $800k property in CA (25% down), or-Two $400k properties in ID (both at 25% down).If we take the 2015-2020 5-year appreciation (so as not to include the roller coaster and unlikely 5-year market we experienced from 2020-2025) for each state, the CA property would see an average appreciation of 37%.

Quote from @Shaun Ortiz: Real estate can be a roller coaster!

Just have to stomach the higher rates for 2-3 years, break even (ideally cash-flow a tiny bit), and handle the PM during the roller coaster ride our President is putting everyone on.

It is a constant roller coaster ride, and you will never (very rarely) meet at 50/50."

Louisville is fantastic for cash flow and is a safe place to start since we don't typically get caught up in the roller coaster effect of steep appreciation followed by sudden pull backs when the market isn't red hot.