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. 

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.

I had to put the contract in my parents name because my credit just isn't where it needs to be yet from a business collapse about 7 years ago and I am rebuilding credit now.

Negative interest rates are an articulation of an economy slowing collapsing.