While I am very new to real estate, I've always understood that metro areas similar to Milwaukee don't benefit/suffer from large swings in property value as much as some other parts of the country might.

@Mario Furmanczyk, the time to buy,  that term is very general to specific sections of REI, wholesales, fix/flips generally can suffer with the rise and fall of the market,  buy an hold on the other hand is usually unscathed in what the market is doing as long as you invest for cash-flow not appreciation/equity so it would depend on which section of REI you are looking to dig into. also using zillow / trulia to map out past and current prices can help determine how things are going but don't quote me on that one. 

Do you suffer from the Fear Of Missing Out bug like so many?

(pictures attached) I would not want the frame to suffer water damage as a result of me not replacing...2.

I would assume an epoxy finish would be the answer but that would still suffer from the lack of a cutting board.

Also they look to avoid the pain and suffering of a deal not working out.

Some markets will be fine but some of the smaller college towns will definitely suffer.  

Liberal cities like NYC and Chicago suffer this nonsense.

I had to laugh personally when I saw Memphis listed as city that suffers big swings like New York City, San Fransisco, Seattle, etc... 

Before we could get somebody to fully investigation the property suffered further collapse of bricks into the basement causing it to lean over.The insurance company are denying coverage due to "Earth movement" no quakes recorded in the area so I guess they mean from build up of water over the years.