[quote=The-Shoveler]Well besides the location -location – location rule.
Back in the days when there was inflation and a house was a good investment
1950’s – 2005. there was always the buy as much house as you can possible afford rule, being that it would put you in a better position 10 or so years later due to inflation etc…

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It really didn’t always work out that way. Believe it or not, the bubble that burst a few years ago was not the first one. There were two other significant bubbles that collapsed in the last 40 years.