Again, not sure if the market has shifted.

As I got older, my strategy shifted more towards notes.

Some people get lucky and do well on their first flip, with the most common factor being that the market shifted their way despite all of their blunders.  

Buy and hold investing is a long term strategy not effected much at all by short term market shifts that historically always come back around.Outside of the mortgage payment, you want to make sure to take into account Vacancy, Repairs (Smaller items that come up over time), CapEx (Capital Expenditures...big items like roofs, HVAC systems, etc), property management fees.

I think the economics and more teleworking is going to end up shifting where people want to live.

Magnetic pole shift.

Maybe rates shift down next year.

I work 14 12 hour shifts a month at an urgent care dental clinic.

The mindset shift from consumer to investor alone is worth it to pay them off. 

Given our inventory situation and the fact that demand is driven by a demographic shift I don't think much will change on the supply and demand equation and therefore prices are likely to continue to reflect that.One way you can tell is that a good duplex in the 300-400k range will usually sell with multiple offers within 3-5 days and significantly over asking price.