That is, they were making gazillions with a simple bet on the property market and it did not pay off in the end - maybe they just got greedy but it was not their money they were gambling with - it belonged to the community, the people.

Am I correct in classifying the North side as a C or D area?

This house is in a C or C+ neighborhood, fully renovated and competitively priced, so I do receive a few of these type of pre-screen responses, but also receive many inquiries from great candidates that don’t spell trouble.Thanks for any input,Jake

Keep in mind that if you go c grade in the city about utility reimbursal and in c or lower the difficulty of water reimbursal regardless of whether its a multi or sfr.

( high crime, transients, d class etc)Is that a rapid growing areaIs this a B, C or D class?

If you want to bet on a downward movement in the Market, you can always buy a PUT option against housing companies like Toll Brothers.If you feel really strong about the downturn, then short the stock.If you want to see if the Market agrees with your opinion on the possibility of the downturn, then look to see if there is an increase of short positions on these stocks or the housing market indexes.Lastly, you can just wait until the housing market corrects, and then buy your Investment Properties.

Most investors are looking at much smaller complexes in the C or D category.

Like I'm thinking to myself that in the US you guys must have all kinds of good places to go apartment shopping, because there must be tons and tons of cites with that roughly 100k population.

I dont want to bet on appreciation to save me.

It's hard to bet on the income from rentals to pay off the debts.