It's considered a cult classic FYI.401ks are addressed extensively and offers a counter opinion to the masses.  

According to the classic Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki says your home is not an asset.

@Jamie FankhauserI’m sure you already read it because it is a classic, but the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is by far the book that changed my perspective both in my personal and business life.

Honestly, "the crash" is going to come when we all least expect it, kinda like the pandemic 🦠.Graphs are great predictors but remember the classic disclaimer in investments: "past performance is not indicative of future results"Best we can do as RE Investors is to buy assets with the lowest leverage possible, and the best we should do as human beings is to live our best lives knowing anything is possible, literally and figuratively anything! 

But they're not, and so your comparison is nothing but a classic false equivalence. 

I’ll listen then hit them with the classic line did you call the Property Manager ?

The emphasis was on classic buy - fix - rent.  

Sometimes, there are other house hack opportunities to explore and implement than just your classic duplex example.

DSTs aren't successfully raising millions of dollars because they are great investments, they are successful because they help their investors defer tax.This is a classic example of letting the tax tail wag the investment dog.

You are asking the classic question in the MTR space: how does one evaluate what could be a good MTR.Unfortunately, MTRs are at a point similar to where STRs where 10-12 years ago, and there really isn't a one stop shop source for great data.