Doing one right could have softened the blow of the other but his candle burned out from both sides.

If you do all of this you'll be far less exposed to loss of property value, and you'll be cash flowing well even if the market softens.

A newly passed regulation called the Basel III, will certainly not induce U.S. banks to loosen up lending in the next several years, given that they must comply with much higher liquidity and leverage standards by as soon as 2015.Although the Basel III standards have been softened somewhat this month, I believe that lending in the U.S. will continue to remain tight over the next several years.

@Robert Kriedermann,You may want to soften your approach a bit ..."

That's okay though, they'll be back in their previous line of work once the regulatory environment softens some and banks ease up on their current ultra strict underwriting standards.  

This will help soften up home prices and allow you to negotiate a better deal.

HMLs charge such exorbitant discount points that you can find yourself in a hole you can't dig out of towards the end of a rehab and some make the mistake of cutting their renovation budget thinking it will soften the blow, but that just digs the hole deeper.Good luck on your next one.db

Or at least soften the blow.

I would also be careful of doing it in a market that is going to be susceptible to softening otherwise you may not get all your money out.

And investors will likely leave these tenant friendly states for obvious reasons leaving more homes on the market which will soften housing prices in those areas.