The key for me has been consistency because there is no solid pattern on when a bank will open at a low amount.  

I am not an lawyer (and I do not play one on TV ;-)) but I went looking on masslegalhelp.org and found this nugget on Federal public housing:Federal public housingIf you are applying for federal public housing, a housing authority  must deny your application if it finds that:A household member is currently engaged in illegal use of a drug, or the  Housing Authority has reasonable cause to believe a household member's illegal  use of a drug or pattern of illegal use of a drug may threaten the health,  safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.1 The Housing Authority has reasonable cause to believe that a household  member's abuse or pattern of abuse of alcohol may threaten the health, safety,  or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.2   Importantbefore denying a person housing based on illegal drug use or alcohol  abuse, a housing authority may consider evidence of rehabilitation3.Any member of your household is subject to a lifetime registration  requirement under a state sex offender registration program.4 Any household member has been convicted of the manufacture or production of  methamphetamine in federally assisted housing.5 Any household member has been evicted from federally assisted housing for  drug-related criminal activity within the past three  years.6   ImportantA housing authority can also let your household in if the person who  engaged in the drug-related criminal activity has  successfully completed a supervised, approved rehabilitation program, or if the  circumstances leading to the eviction no longer exist—for example, the household  member has died or is in jail.7 In addition to the automatic denials listed above, a housing authority  may deny applicants "whose habits and practices reasonably may  be expected to have a detrimental effect on the residents or the project  environment."8 This means that a housing  authority has wide discretion over whom it allows  into its federal public housing programs.

This could really help if you want to keep this pattern going,  You can pull out the equity, buy another one cash, then pull out equity from there. 

Study the sales patterns in your area.

People develop a comfort zone for their local markets and tend to base their buying patterns in areas that they would prefer to live.

This shows what kind of zoning they want going where and the growth pattern.

Basically I model out for my clients very conservative growth patterns so with an apartment complex you will have principal paydown, tax writedown, hopefully appreciation through increased annual rents, and also cap rate compression hopefully when you sell, and cash flow along the way.

@Joshua Dorkin has a lot of sweet things coming on the app in the near future, so stay tuned :) And definitely let us know when you find patterns in the crashing, so we can try to identify them all!

I even moved the wife's complete laundry room into a rehab then did this complete with marble floors.

As you build your list of investors, you'll get a sense of how much money you could reasonably raise on short notice, and that information will dictate your shopping patterns when you are looking for property.