I have been in the industry since the inception. what I try to point out is the soft underbelly and that if you know this going in you choose correctly..

Otherwise, in a soft and falling market, foreclosure could leave the seller with a home that can't be sold to cover all the costs.All the best!

@Dan Bass Great to read your opinion. 

If those aren't in your budget, and you're looking for somewhere that you can get in on the ground level and position yourself for a potential gold rush, look for areas with geographical/demographic similarities to the aforementioned (reasonable job markets with great soft value/access) that haven't yet become completely unaffordable. 

It's only a soft pull to find out what rate they'll give you. 

You can also enter all your info at better.com and they do a soft credit check (won’t affect your score), it will show on their website your mortgage middle score.

Two degrees in math and one in international relations.One very analytical and one soft science.  

And site work costs are a big part of that too.Your soft costs are way low.

I chipped away at any soft wood and found no actual termites.

With prices of labor, materials, soft costs such as permits, the only thing developers can build is Class A here in California.