I've lived through two of them and prospered greatly in the first-oil market collapse in the '80s, and survived handily during the second-investment banker's scam of the 2000s.The first time I paid cash I noticed the first benefit at closing when I looked at the HUD-1.

We used a general handyman to replace a damaged section of drop ceiling in the basement of our rental and it's already collapsing (just 8 months later)....

Each time, society convinces itself that the current boom, unlike the many booms that preceded catastrophic collapses in the past, is built on sound fundamentals, structural reforms, technological innovation, and good policy"

I bought a lot of foreclosed property after the collapse and my guess is that in every one of them the investors in the previous syndication had a 100% loss.

What becomes interesting to me is when you apply the same trends of the market collapse to commercial investors, specifically the SFR and small MF markets that are selling for 50-100% more than just a short time ago. 

I had a mobile home and we had to remove some decorations from the ceiling, not realizing that was what was holding the ceiling up, the whole living room ceiling collapsed.

After the housing collapse, I take all projections with a heavy grain of salt. 

The trigger is different every time but it is going to happen problem is we can not predict what the trigger will be so have no idea when it will happen.Everything is now in place for a collapse to occur it's simply a matter of time.

It's not because they are making 3% by sending a contract over to a title company/lawyer and are collapsing under the weight of their moneystacks. 

If someone owns a property free and clear and rents collapse by 90% even, they can survive.