When in fact this guy owned the home free and clear it appears.BP is a great resource but just because someone posts on BP or is a BP member does not elevate them to a position of blind trust and faith..

Stuff that has been on the market for a long time is getting bought up.Very few markets with inventory equals elevated prices.  

Whoever you meet can be a potential lender, so always be ready to tell everyone what your goals are, what your experience has been, and do it in a professional and concise manner (elevator speech). 

Long term: I am primarily looking for mountain property w/ or w/o house; probably between 6000 and 8500 ft elev. 

Sure i would need to work on my elevator pitch, besides that, a lot of running around i know is ahead

St Pete and many other parts of Fl have new building elevation requirements to keep the living area above the newly mandated flood elevation.The insurance on homes that are not elevated can be astronomical, these older homes are not worth elevating but some are in very nice parts of town and only worth what the vacant lot would bring.

I've thought about using a simple 1-2 paragraph introduction with my email (most the positions I'm seeing are on cg) explaining my motivation and then doing a quick elevator pitch with my top four skills (project management, social media, data analysis/excel number crunching, and cold calling experience).

Yes, there will still be some who lose their houses, but it is not likely to be as large of scale or widespread as the last time.My conclusion:We have an elevated risk for a worse than average recession coming, but I do not think that RE will be the epicenter like it was the last time.

Talk to city manager, zoning, city officials about what you want to do have 3-D renderings and 2d floor plan and elevations ready to show.

Learn from home- need more space- families with kids need spaceSafety and elevators- don't want to be in that spaceMass city transit and density- don't want to be in that spaceCrime- more safety outside of the cityOutdoor space for gardening-  lots of urban gardeners now almost overnight.