That said,  now that we have been in 'housing crisis' mode for a few more years,  and more construction and architect types are available due to economic slowdown,   it might be worth revisiting.   

Rents likely rose as homeowners who had to go into foreclosure during the crisis added new demand for rental housing.

Bpo's used to be a big deal during the foreclosure crisis and would pay anywhere from 75- 150 An agent can do those in most states Today there is much less demand and you might only get $40-50 bucks 

I feel like I can't expand anymore unless I get help, and to be honest I'm kinda tired of doing it myself (why is it that EVERY time I go out of town, a crisis happens....seriously, every time). 

The provision includes seasonal and college housing in which tenants weren’t able to stay in the unit as a result of the crisis.

I was talking to some family over the weekend and they thought the Flint water crisis was because Flint switched to the Detroit river for water and that's what caused all the problems.

Historical PricesSource: https://www.financialsamurai.com/are-you-a-real-mi...We had the dot-com bubble in the late 90's, followed by the housing crisis (collapse) of 2008, and in my opinion the dollar is the next bubble, see Forbes article below:https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2015/01/26/...The reason that I do not touch equity to purchase additional property is that I have already used leverage in the first place, and pulling on equity to get 2x leverage would essentially put me farther back from my ultimate goal of paying off the mortgages entirely to realize the full rents as passive income within 15-20 years.  

In 2007 I began construction of a new home, but with the financial crisis of 08/09, my existing home value fell by over 40% and I was unable to sell. 

As an investor who bought on expectation of appreciation, with little to no to negative cash flow, you'll be pressured to sell to get out or will have to absorb the losses (thus the self feeding cycle).Yes, in previous housing crisis Austin fared pretty good, but it was because prices didn't go crazy around here either.

IMO, this would make CA's house crisis even worse.The ballot initiative would repeal a state law known as Costa Hawkins that makes it illegal for cities to impose rent control on single-family rentals, condominiums or apartments built after 1995 or in some cases earlier — after a city adopted its first local rent control ordinance.Currently there are a few metropolitan areas such as LA and SF/Oakland/Mt View has rental control which hasn't subject to SFH.