This could be due to a temporary glitch, planned site maintenance or perhaps BiggerPockets is just too busy right now.

No use investing in a band-aid temporary coverup.

The university has provided them with temporary housing due to the situation.

As your slow season approaches, look to Realtors for clients needing housing between homes and look into workers on a temporary gig from another city, especially if you are near some large corporations or a hospital.I'm in the process of closing on a vacation rental up here in WI myself, located on the Wisconsin River, and plan to buy a couple more (will rent for $200 to $300/ nite).  

So a 15% drop in values (which are likely temporary anyway given that it's Austin) would really be a potential loss of $20K. 

First of all, a loan mod is a temporary band aid (reduced payments for a time) but generally does nothing to reduce the loan balance.  

We just took the listing and we have temporary pics.

We are not planing to open an LLC or LLP (this partnership is temporary). we are just putting our money together for the first time to work on a deal. 

The gang here at BP tend to be "strivers" and would be likely to see their status as a temporary situation (whether that  ended up being the the case or not) But then again... it's pretty human to feel that we must be the exception to the rule, no matter what the rule is.

Is this a temporary setback they can recover from or something permanent where waiting is going to make the losses and situation much worse??