Well a liquidity crisis would certainly be a fun add to this mess. I almost snagged a house this weekend too, I expected 10-15 offers and it only got 4 (likely due to economic fears), but unfortunately one of them beat us. Now I might have to pivot and wait for a recession deal.
Up to this point the whole thing was easily predictable. What comes next is more difficult to anticipate. The expectation of the administration was that other countries would capitulate but instead they are retaliating and will likely continue to come up with smart and creative ways to do so.
So how does the executive branch respond to that? Double down? Back off? Does Congress get involved? Lots of unknowns going forward. I see one scenario where we end up backing off and we get out of this before any of the serious damage is permanent. If we double or triple down then we could be in big trouble.