Theres a house I've been looking at that has a note on the door from the city saying that the house isn't up to code, not safe to live in and also the porch roof has partially collapsed.

Had the failure occurred before permit closure it would be a builders risk collapse (most likely).

Prices didn't exactly collapse nor have they since inflated that much here.

I'm not interested in being $400,000+ in debt up front as this could  destroy me financially with a market collapse.

I was born and raised in San Francisco and as we all know, this city is changing big time. My wife and I felt fortunate that we were able to buy a home here in 2016 despite the astronomical cost. Our children know not...

I just finished my inspection and found out the furnace is unsavable, the sewer line is collapsed and the roof need major repairs.

So even with "good rehabs" there's still a ceiling for rent growth, with liquidity is drying for financing the CRE project, if current environment continues, many of them may collapse. 

Mortgage rates declined to their lowest levels in over a year, a sample of more than a dozen industry professionals said they were quoting most borrowers in the high 5% to low 6% range on government loans and in the m...

I see no data to believe that nation wide housing collapses are common.

If you find a building that the tenants pay water then that is an 800 per month profit before maintenance.And you can raise the rent here every couple of years and when you do its on four doors so your spread becomes healthy as the years go by.Also, another positive is it will not collapse due to a basement wall caving in.