With economic and political storm clouds seemingly brewing on every horizon, I find myself starting to think a little more defensively.How do I protect what I’ve built?

Glad we aren’t on the lower economic end or inflation would hurt versus help.  

Quote from @Chris Walsh: Quote from @Jaycee Greene: Quote from @Chris Walsh: There is an affordable housing crisis in the country.

We flipped several houses since last time I used it and when I originally started paying for the pro membership, we wanted to get into investment rental properties within Covid happened and crisis skyrocketed, and so we just kind of stopped looking until recently. 

My point is, I bought a house 3 years before the financial crisis, stayed the course through the crisis, and still came out a winner. 

The only full article I could find wasAnthropic gave its AI chatbot Claude a small store to run, and the results were... interesting.https://tech.co/news/anthropic-gives-claude-ai-store-to-run"While the model, named Cladius, excelled at some tasks, there were plenty of hallucinations, and a brief identity crisis (where Claudius thought it was a human), which didn’t deemed the AI a pretty bad business owner."

This predictable shift fuels consistent demand for multifamily properties, making them a defensive asset during periods of economic change.💼 Stability Through Economic CyclesMultifamily properties cater to a diverse tenant base across various income levels.

Due to some economic factors it may be slightly under projections, but it is still stabilized.

I know in any economic system, especially a capitalistic one, there will always be some proportion of people & businesses that don't deal or create anything of any real value.

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