You'll start to see patterns of what works.

It helps to think you're taking steps towards it rather than in a hold pattern, at least for me.   

You think straight into multiples of 10 instead of 5.There's a pattern here, Denny. 

Because you'll be living in the property, you'll be able to quickly identify and respond to maintenance tasks/repairs (plus, living at the property will teach you about the property's various quirks and patterns that will help you manage it more effectively in the future when you move out...experts know that properties are almost like living entities, in the sense that they have patterns of problems, decay, etc.

Migration patterns within the US Pre and Post Covid have been super interested to follow.

Do not ever ever ever choose real marble.

Sometimes we notice a pattern when the same appraiser(s) brings values in lower consistently. 

@Lenny Smith you can only make 3 day trades a week before being flagged as a pattern day trader which puts the $25k restriction in place, the account probably lets you open it with as little as $400 but they are expecting you to do buy and hold investing.  

The last two times feds lowered rates and it worked, now that is already done we are in a wait and see pattern.

This past years I’ve been working on my personal development and I noticed a pattern (I bet you’ve been here before) wherein I THINK of things that I want to excel in but later on find myself DOING the exact opposite.