A short YouTube talk arguing that apartment real estate (multifamily) tends to preserve capital and outperform other assets during economic downturns; the speaker cites past recession performance as evidence that apartments are likely to outperform again in the current downturn. The emphasis is on capital preservation and historical performance across recessions.
It's one thing to talk about how an asset is when things are good, but it's where an asset performs when things are bad that really matters. Because rule number one, remember, is you don't want to lose your capital. And that, for me, sold it. And in real estate, past performance, even though it doesn't guarantee future performance, it's a pretty good indicator. So now we can look at the past three recessions, and apartments have outperformed. So chances are, for right now, apartments are going to outperform again.
