I agree that many poorly capitalized firms end up going out of business when credit dries up, their working capital suffers a short term decline, and they don't have enough cash to weather the storm.When the tide goes out many will be stranded or caught without their swim trunks at least.

If mortgage rates drop into the 5s, it's because the economy is suffering and that will impact demand.

Fund that flip is smaller, but also less investors, so at least the deals are not funded in just a few seconds.Both platforms suffer from some of the problems that pretty much all of the hard money loan platforms do: not enough volume for someone wanting to maintain a large portfolio, not enough conservative 65% LTV loans, too may loans and judicial only states (where it's extremely expensive and time-consuming if you need to foreclose which can cause losses), and single note risk (i.e not diversified).

Because this method disregards demographics, it could reveal areas still suffering from the aftermath of redlining that would be prime targets for revitalization and investment.3.

So as MANY have said since start, I believe every broker on here including myself has said, Buyers are going to suffer significantly from the settlement and results thereof.   

Quote from @Glen Friedman: Chicago, IL - 17043Newark, NJ - 16588 At least they're still working on recovering the funds for the Newark one and looks like investors won't be suffering a complete loss of principal. 

I researched a bunch of companies and they all suffer from the same issue.

In comparison to LTR, STR suffers a very small portion of the damage LTR's do.

Structure inside and out has suffered immensely because was not protected from the elements.

Usually they'll lean on building a lot of low quality backlinks very quickly which often gives a boost in rankings quickly... but then results suffer later.