As credit markets have tightened in the wake of the financial crisis, more and more American businesses and developers have turned toward EB-5 funds to raise the required capital for their projects.

That won't happen again, because we won't see a foreclosure crisis next time of the magnitude we saw last time.  

And did the 2008 crisis affect your rental portfolio?

For those of you that own commercial investment properties, what has your experience been like during this national crisis? 

Part of my philosophy is to invest where the energy is (Houston) because I see energy as the master commodity.Another part is to have managed rentals if possible so I can still be marginally involved, but not fully involved.When I look at the smaller towns of WA, I usually ask myself "what happens there in a crisis?"

My parents own a lot of real estate and they did not feel the financial crisis of 2008 as their rental checks kept coming in and their mortgages continued to get paid down. 

Post housing crisis common sense underwriting has somewhat gone out the window.  

Business financials are key for the investor today.The falling dollar, unemployment on the rise, the mortgage crisis, lack of faith in our government officials, tightening money supply by the lenders, etc. etc. etc.

Cap and trade is all but a certainty and the increased fuel and energy costs will kill the economy (even more than they did with the recent oil crisis).

Historically, they are lower than the value of the house but through the housing crisis, many home were (are) worth less than the value.