Recession or no recession. Harmless or ruinous. Next year or 5 years. Who knows but keep in mind a few important trends. Millenials and Gen-Z-ers are renting rather than buying at astonishing rates. That trend is expected to continue. And commercial apartments have held their values significantly better than any other real estate class through prior recessions. That’s not to say throw caution to the wind. No, don’t do that. But there is hardly ever a time when you can’t look back a few short years and say I wish I bought then. And clearly the China trade war won’t

The political silly season is almost upon us, which leads to the question we’re all asking ourselves: how does this affect my apartment investments! We can find indicators to point in all directions but we maintain a point of view that we are optimists. We know there is considerable upside potential given the continued strength of today’s economy, but dark clouds loom on the horizon and unprepared investors get annihilated when the tide turns. How do you know your market will hold up in a downturn? What are your contingency plans for job losses and vacancies? Where will your tenants

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