You can also see that shift at work in LendingRobot's moves, as they pivot toward an institutional/large customer base vs. serving individuals (which they now refer to as their "classic" product.

I do think some slices of that market will be re-developed and re-purposed for housing.

All party’s involved are prepared to give up a percentage to someone who will fund the repairs, but they aren’t willing to use the property as collateral for the loan, and obviously there isn’t going to be an immediate ROI like a classic fix &flip.

We have a few circa 1800-1830 & they are classics.

Willing to pay for classic timeliness and quality versus trendy, we're not particularly concerned with price.

Moving from deferred cap ex/maintenance to new construction without the  looming repairs is a classic strategy for 1031 exchanges. 

In the meantime would anyone be interested in meeting up at classic bean in fairlawn plaza Saturday morning for coffee? 

On "learning what a good deal is...." you might want to check out the book - a classic - "Building Wealth - One House At  A Time" by John SchaubOn "funding deals without my own money..."

Classic Monopoly strategy.

It is a classic victim of having been bought right before the bubble popped and the owners have 0% chance of selling the house and getting what they paid for it.