These can collapse or roots can enter them.

Absense a dramatic collapse in rents (no modern historical precedent for that) or a dramatic rise in expenses (i.e. quadrupling of taxes, skyrocketing insurance rates, etc.) a house that cash flows today will cash flow tomorrow whether or not the value of the house rises or falls.

They are sucking up deals not knowing what to do and are collapsing all over the place to the point there are very few logical deals left.

It was a great idea at the time, and of course all of the properties were full, so everything started off great.Of course, when the market collapsed, everyone found out that they had grossly overpaid.

Is there a rickety old deck that could collapse under the weight of 4-5 housemates and their friends?

The Spanish banks seem to have forgotten that their over involvement in the real estate business led to their collapse and bailout during the financial crisis.As to the situation in Mexico, buyers will only advance significant funds to developers if they get a significant advantage for doing it, which has to be at least a large pre-construction discount.

DC and Boston, and in a time of even higher growth than usual being purchased after the housing collapse.

But, recently a drawer collapsed (?)

Back in 2008, after watching my stock portfolio plummet and lose a large portion of value (none of the money managers predicted the collapse, even though nonprofessional friends of mine did) I decided to diversify and take the responsibility for my future.

I would never advise anyone to quit their job for this because the city can snatch and collapse everything around you anytime they feel like it.