My parents have a 4plex but they got in right before the crash so it's a break even now so I'm learning a lot before I dive in and make small mistakes not big ones.

These institutional buyers literally have billions of dollars to spend and are recklessly bidding up to 100%, or more, of a property’s retail value.Before these institutional buyers arrived, you could realistically purchase a few properties every month at auction for 65% - 70% of retail value.

Buying when everything is crashing around you takes cold cast iron financial balls.

When they arrive, your first impression is a gateway of how they will handle your property from there.

The arrived at the place and started to unpack, when another family came in from the beach.

- Crashes (What were you doing when it crashed?)

When we arrived, the front door was gone.

Flip gone wrong ( help break even on flip)2 & 3 Market crash 2007-8...rental 8 years... 2 tenants (good cash flow)2 intentionally 1.

The military get their house hunting time AFTER they arrive at a duty station.

When you shoot for the completed project (on time and on budget) "moon", but fail to complete and find yourself amoung the partially constructed "stars" you usually find yourself crashing back to earth with less than your original $120k.