When digging through the date and trying to answer such, one is going to have to look at a compilation of markets/ states/ regions and such over vary long time scales to get past impactors of time be it market variations like '08' collapse or various wars etc., to get too the data to answer such.

What, in the end, will signal the next collapse?

Does it mean the economy collapses?

If/when the U.S. can not service it's debt, the first second, will be a WORLD-wide economic collapse unlike human species has ever seen.

@Jim PietyI just moved from Austin and had to replace my sewer line due to a collapsed “non-schedule 40” PVC sewer line.

I lived through the market collapse of 2005 and have another property that’s just finally recovered its value (before I bought it, the value had nearly doubled).

Right now there are people all over America, living on the streets because the market crashed, entire industries collapsed, jobs were lost, people fell behind on payments, had properties foreclosed on, cars repoe'd, etc. and their credit scores plummeted. 

If your contract collapses, and you need to sell quickly to pay off the note, can you sell and recoup the money in today's market?

I am a huge believer in scripts, collapse your learning curve - model after success.I agreed with all prior posts: be yourself, be honest and let them talk - but if you don't know what to ask them then you risk spinning your wheels, getting frustrated and quitting.

AC guys recommended putting in a "chase" in the living room soffit so it wont ever collapse or give us any trouble, thats why the bottom of it the soffit is open right now.