Key Takeaways
- Market timing requires being right twice (when to buy and sell) — even professionals consistently fail at this.
- The cost of waiting for a correction that may not come: lost rental income, missed appreciation, uninvested capital.
- Buy right: acquire properties that cash flow positively under conservative assumptions regardless of market direction.
- Over 15-20 year holds, residential real estate has always appreciated nationally — time in the market beats timing.
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Test Your Knowledge
1.Why does market timing fail for most investors?
2.What is the opportunity cost of waiting for a market correction?
3.What approach has historically outperformed market timing?