Quite a wild ride the last few years.Im not surprised about Sacramento, lots of super commuters go to Bay area, there's been quite a few layoffs in tech.

Buyers are starting to slow down purchases due to mass layoffs and other economic issues.

I have a small amount in Robinhood - what I consider my play money but I'm no longer buying in that account. 

The problem could be a slowdown in the economy, layoffs in your field of work or shortages in their reserves.

With layoffs dramatically increasing, behavior is also changing rapidly where tenants out of desperation may damage property or commit other harmful acts which begs the question of how to screen tenants for destructive behavior?

Specifically, I want to know:1) how strong is the resale market2) how strong is the rental market (I know a couple companies just announced layoffs)3) I know that a POS inspection is required but not sure if anybody has had experience with the local housing authorityAny other info is greatly appreciated!

And that you can't become an overnight millionaire with 5k on RobinHood, while Wall Street professionals struggle to consistently achieve 7% per year.But somehow the internet myth of real estate wealth from nothing survives... 

Look at companies like MS who will lay off 9000 at a time. 

Meanwhile, army's of seasoned investment bankers spend millions on a faster fiber-optic connection to NYSE because 1-millisecond shorter latency allows them to improve their trades by 0.01%.. but Johnny thinks he can outperform them all with his Robin Hood app by a factor of 1,000.The notion of investing 50k into real estate and growing it into an empire is a pipe dream, at least since after 2015.

Also lotta layoffs in the federal government in DC which is a good swath of your target market, etcThat said, you have to be careful not to lower your prices prematurely because then it becomes a race to the bottom which is really bad for everyone