Definitely got a quick crash course in hard money, bridge loans, and private money that will be useful down the road. 

If he is fixated on the Rear View Mirror (historic data like past rents and expenses, historic property valves, etc.) then he will surely crash his vehicle.If he is fixated on the side windows (current data like current cashflow, which is rents and expenses), then he will surely crash his car.HOWEVER, if he is looking out the windshield (future cashflows generated from new project developments, zoning changes, migration of people, etc.) 90% of the time, the CEO will know that there may be an obstacle in the way or that the bridge is out and the bright warning signs are in front of him to stop before he falls off a cliff.The problem is that you may have too much momentum and you cannot quickly stop your Investment vehicle, especially Real Estate Investments.

I doubt that Google will ever have a worldwide cloud crash, but we sleep better at night knowing that we have some redundancy between two disparate platforms. 

Do you think it is due to a lot of the pre-crash mortgaged properties being sold, and fewer foreclosures happening on post- crash mortgages?

While I was living/renting in the SF Bay area, the market crashed.

The price each time it was sold varied from $257,000 (in 2006 right before the crash) to $190,000 in 2009.

Eric Armstrong I get the app crash pretty regularly.

And if we do have any type of crash or correction, SF will take a small dip and Sacramento will probably take a much bigger hit, like it did in 2008-9. 

From amazing returns in the early nineties to a plummeting crash that sent repercussion’s world-wide into every sector, the real estate market has had its highs and certainly its low.

@Garrett CanterOK if you want to start a huge battle on Biggerpockets start a post on this subject, I have posted on this before, many people disagree with me but this is my real life story.So during the financial crash I'm just casually talking to a big time local personal injury attorney who goes to my church, I say well at least this down turn doesn't hurt you, he says actually it does businesses are hurting so bad they are dropping their insurance, and its almost never a feasible to take legal action if the they don't have insurance.