"Called it!" When did you see a rising RE market and invest?!

[Erik Stewart]

I'm reading the book Emerging Real Estate Markets by David Lindahl, and thought I would ask the group: who has invested at the bottom of an upward market trend, intentionally, and had massive success with this strategy? Please give examples of dates and dollar amounts! Please also include the foresight needed and the legwork done that led to you to believe strongly that the market was turnaround that you were willing to invest in it. Thanks for visiting!!