In the last 2 crashes the values did not dip below 30% in our areas so therefore, even if we end up even, rents will still sustain us.

The market I am in has been very stable for a very long time...no incredible appreciations or depreciations of value (even through the housing crash of 2008).I realize selling it any time soon would be foolhardy, as I just bought the place within the past year. 

I think we'll see many markets begin to stabilize this year and most likely not "crash" like many are saying.

I have it under contract for 1.95m (the sellers put about 2.8m into it before the market crashed), we are getting a great deal.I have a lisenced private lender who wants to lend 1.7m and I have a handful of private individuals what would like to invest the additional capital to do the project.

But valid point that if it is bubble may not be wise to buy multi REI right now.Doug Meeuwsen I've heard that similar point that loans are overextending again like they were before the last crash.

I had some short sales and foreclosure during 2006 crash but everything else on my credit was great. 

Of course, a true crash will require some external factor, so this could sustain for a couple more years until that trigger happens.http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/business-jou...

(When a crash occurs, good agents will survive it and the mediocre ones won't.)There's seriously very little marketing an agent will do for your property.

Getting a crash course in real estate investing and 1031 Exchange and I'm finding that I need a Real Estate Attorney - stat!

Came back home with a pocket full of hopes and dreams, I continued to monitor our market and waited for wave to come.2008 came followed by the housing crash, it seems like all the stars lined up based on historical data, I seeked for family support to quit my W2 job.