what really caught my attention in the podcast was this: He'd stated that auction.com's internal data around the national housing market as a whole showed a softening in the market in those months right before COVID struck.

Back then, there was a push to put in full price offers, but we put in a lowball on a house that had sat (and needed a rehab).The market we're looking in appears to have softened a bit (we're seeing price drops), but it remains "moving."

@Nick Pisano when you are saying of softening demand do you mean fewer renters want to live in them or fewer investors are interested in purchasing them? 

If you can pull that off in under six months, and make sure market doesn't soften on you, then you have to split it with a partner, now you are looking at single digit returns.

Feel free to reach out and we will compensate financially to soften some of the unfortunate looses you have incurred.I have a big heart mate and give more away than anyone will every know.

Perhaps start with changing the term and soften it from landlord to affordable housing provider.

Others will just soften. 

Picking somewhere you'd like to go occasionally can soften that blow as well.

I don't know how old this guy is but most people that experience psychosis usually have their first psychotic break in their late teens/early 20's, often when they leave home and face the stress of school.

The market has softened.