Prices climb — then someone calls it a bubble. Regional tension hits the headlines — then someone else points out that's exactly why capital is moving in. So you wait. Not from a lack of capital, but from a lack of certainty. And the people who bought while you waited are the ones holding the appreciation.
Experienced investors stop trying to predict the market. They study the mechanics — supply pipelines, developer track records, which areas are genuinely undersupplied versus simply oversold to buyers who don't know the difference. Money hasn't left this region during uncertainty; it has relocated here, and that's visible in official transaction data.
"Did I miss it?" usually means you're looking at where growth already happened — not where it's happening next.
None of that means every project works, or that every year goes up. It means the risk is knowable — if you're looking at the right things.