Eventually the house of cards collapsed and nearly took the global economy with it.

And of course he couldn't sell it.The garage collapsed (termites) and the owner got a BIG code violations fine from the city.He was desperate to get rid of it.

Meaning if OP buys said purchase option for $3500, and then discovers a collapsing foundation, she doesn't get that $3500 back?

You might be collapsing a couple of concepts?

Otherwise, their investment will collapse.

I currently own a few rental properties in the Colorado Springs, CO area, but have one in particular that I could use some advice on and how I should move forward.The short story is, I purchased this home in 2006 when everyone was purchasing homes right before the market collapse and got one of "them fancy interest only loans" :)  This is my one regret with regard to real estate investing and all other homes have a fixed interest rate that can be planned around. 

How will they change Obama Care to make it work as it has about a year to go to completely collapse under its own weight.

Likely if the real estate market collapses, other markets do not fare well either.  

Or is it just a matter of time before the metaverse market collapses?

Then the ponzi scheme and then the housing collapse.