CalculateRealEstateROI

Strategy

Market Timing

Adjusting acquisition and disposition pace to local cycle phase, not trying to call exact tops or bottoms.

Reviewed by Keiron Brown, Founder & Editor, CalculateRealEstateROI · Educational estimates only — not investment, financial, tax, or legal advice

Core concepts

Phase-aware allocation

Acquire heavy in recovery/early expansion; harvest in hyper-supply.

Submarket variance

Cycle phase varies by market — national headlines mislead.

Examples

  • Selling Phoenix SFRs in 2022 peak; deploying into Midwest recovery in 2024.

Practical applications

  • Portfolio rebalancing.
  • 1031 timing.
  • Refinance vs sell decisions.

Common mistakes

  • Trying to time exact peaks/bottoms.
  • Applying national outlook to local market.