If homes were already mortgaged and were cash flow positive at the time, despite losing considerable equity and maybe no longer being able to leverage any of that equity (or lack thereof) and thereby significantly slowing expansion plans for a few short years, did the collapse of home pricing pose a significant risk or financial set back to you in other forms such as loans being called due (particularly Private money or hard money loans as opposed to conventional), were you forced to sell properties for a significant loss for some reason that I am not understanding or seeing, were rents considerably affected in the downward direction for a short period of time, or where there other significant financial set backs you encountered as a result of the collapse of housing values that may not be easily identifiable to a newbie such as myself?  

Three weeks after I bought the house the NFL Hall of Fame announced a giant expansion that would require them buying my property. 

My suspicion is they go under contract with a bid above asking price, and then during the close process, the buyers realize that they have to make up the difference in appraised value and can't.I currently have friends looking in the Globeville area (despite the I-70 expansion proposal and the pollution)...they've made multiple offers they've lost out on for the same reason you have.  

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Make a five year plan, and include expansion ideas in it.

I quit doing BPOs long ago because the pay is lousy and the requirements are too expansive.

That means expansion, value add opportunities, and lendability. 

Try to look at your expansion as increase in net worth rather than property count.  

Actually I misspoke - it is not a VA medical center specifically, just a 60% expansion of the Army medical center.

However, unlike copper or steel, the expansion is not confined to a small area, so the break occurs over a longer section of the pipe.We use pex a lot here in Indiana.