What it sadly seems though is that someone is trying to let this accident turn into as big a crisis as possible at the cost of the ecosystem.

I like the idea of aid given by individuals in response to a crisis.

Like the tech problem bubble, and real estate bubble, nothing was done before serious crisis had hit.

Treasuries) during times of crisis(Japan taking a hit would be considered a time of crisis).

Conversions of *any* residence into a short term rental indiscriminately depletes the housing stock, causing the rest of the demand side of the market to squeeze into a smaller supply.3) More households - Along the same lines as the divorce argument, I suspect that following the crisis of 2007-2008 we saw more young adults (say, in their 20's) remaining home with their parents. 

North-Easterners see it as a cheap retirement destination, while its existing natives are sick of the housing crisis and are looking to retire somewhere more affordable.

Hi BP users! I am from the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania and am looking to acquire my second investment property. I've been doing some cold calling to some home owners, but I've been thinking about trying other method...

For said same $385,000 I invested in  over 12 one bedroom supportive housing units in a retirement community I co-own, I pay no tax, and a matter of fact, I get numerous tax deductions for helping my government with a national crisis.  

I'd like to keep politics out of this discussion and stick to creative ideas for dealing with the Health Care crisis in the US.Do you have any answers for the Health Care Crisis?

Needless to say I am one of the people who have added to the foreclosure crisis but it was a very expensive lesson learned.