You build a portfolio of assets with sound financials behind them, cash-flowing properly, with short term financing instruments,  leveraged properly, and then you go to a long term hold facility(small community bank, savings and loan, commercial bank, etc.), for a portfolio loan on the group of assets.  

No way to predict that kind of disaster nor its impact.In Calif, we have exposure to earthquakes, even more than you at the upper end of the Cascades, and frequently have to deal with seismic certifications. 

My prediction is that the first few projects in this article will become very successful, but those who finish later will be victimized by the economic cycle.  

The creation of more highly leveraged instruments in low risk instruments sums it up nicely. 

With the spreadsheets I have now which shows ROI% along with annual %,predictable closing costs, and other great info it pretty much eliminates the main questions a buyer has.

Assignments are for the security instrument (mortgage/deed of trust).  

What is the technology that real estate agents want and why?

My wife and I moved to San Marcos Texas to be near the I35 corridor and what I am predicting this will be one of the hottest areas over the next 10-20 years.

I was posting on another forum and predicting lower interest rates for the next decade or two.

And if anyone has any advice on how "best" make these predictions that would be great insight too.