Can you lose a lot of money and still survive?  

sense it seems like I will be focusing on small cities and towns, I thought it may be a good idea to get an idea of how well a community could survive another financial upset.

Did they survive thru 2007?

I think the people that HAVE to buy right now will take it on the chin with the higher prices but those that have found a way to survive in a down economy (moved in with friends or relatives) are going to stay on the sidelines.

Appropriate language should have been added to the PA to ensure the seller cancelled the PM's contract prior to closing if the PM's contract survives sale/closing.

We were foster parents for 15 years and helped 55 medically fragile infants survive and get into life.

I haven't checked to see if local days-on-market have grown recently but I think there's a danger that prices are rising faster than buyers can tolerate which will inevitably slow down sales.It sounds like your clients in Utah are going to need to buy for less, spend less on rehab, and price below the market (survival of the fittest).

Longer term investors, such as developers, have to be especially careful and possess the wherewithal to survive an occasional market turn.

Get to a million, what is the experience of your staff, what's the business structure you operate under, what's your general business experience, how many law suits have you or your company been involved in, can your project survive without you and more?????

Surviving that ordeal and dealing with yard work etc made me realize I preferred condo living, so I purchased a foreclosed condo with a great view in 2012.