Yes, this is an unprecedented opportunity to buy properties at a big discount, but can you get the money to rapidly expand your business?

I think you are confusing recent appreciation, which has been fueled by a tech bubble and unprecedented foreign investment, with long term historical rates of appreciation, which haven't been nearly as good for the Bay Area.This was a study conducted by Zillow in 2010 and eight of the top 20 cities for appreciation were in SoCal, none were in NorCal:  http://www.zillow.com/blog/top-20-best-performing-...Case Shiller also confirms this over the long term by showing that Los Angeles slightly outperformed San Francisco from January 1980 to the bottom of the recent housing bust in Spring 2009.  

Oh, I learned all about the "magical Illinois land trust asset protection technique", but no mention that it's unprecedented in Iowa, and wouldn't hold up.. or that it's totally overkill for someone like me where a simple LLC will do.

In principal I agree with conclusions, but there is always the caveat these days that we are living in unprecedented times.  

I wanted to get thoughts from some of you in regards to renting during these unprecedented times.

Milwaukee is sitting on some of the most affordable housing in the country, is adjacent to one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, has entertainment & food that rivals every major metro, it's sports teams bat way above average for a small market which attracts hundreds of thousands if not millions of people here annually, economic development has been happening at a level unprecedented since the '50s (we are breaking ground on the world's largest mass timber building in June), has a tech ecosystem on the ground floor of attracting major talents with partners from the fortune 500 companies in town... this run-on sentence has gone a bit too long, I'll stop here.If you are looking for the days of the 2% deal, they are over. 

The new government in DC is barely 60 days old.Yet one of the most noticeable early goals it has set for itself is the repeal of Dodd-Frank.Although this law is more complex than most people seem to think,it might be worth your while as a real estate investor to google it and familiarize yourself with some of what it does and doesn't.Those BP members who were in the game in 2006-2008 understand that Real Estate can be a blood sport.We like to beat up on stocks.We like to say an entire stock portfolio can be wiped out by some extenuating circumstances while real estate is tangible and can be driven to,visited and touched.However,thanks to NINA and NINJA loans (google them),real estate proved every inch as dangerous as stocks in 2006-2008.At least when most people own stocks,it's usually almost all their own capital.When mortgages go bad,you not only lose your own equity,but now you own a ginormous amount of money to a lender who must foreclose on you.Bankruptcy may follow as value add.I feel it's my responsibility as an experienced investor to throw this out here at this time in our national political journey for those newbies who keep salivating over all these tempting threads on BP about "so and so" buying "150 units in 12 months".Now more than ever,it's extremely important to learn from the bitter lessons of the not too distant past.leverage is a two-edged sword.The wise ensure they purchase a sheath as well.The new government's policy post-repeal of Dodd-Frank (if it's that easy) may well birth an unprecedented job growth explosion and asset appreciation that we never have to worry about rental units vacancies again.But experience tells every savvy investor that is a pie-in-the-sky expectation.So what is my company doing to prepare for what is to come?

I would not be surprised at all to see unprecedented appreciation numbers in the Houston and Dallas in the years ahead.I am extremely bullish and optimistic in the future real estate prices for both Texas and Georgia.

Some of the adjustments to projections we are making at Blue Lake to account for our unprecedented time:- We review returns assuming no rent increases for 12–24 months- We assume a higher bad debt (delinquencies) up to 4 times as much as current delinquencies- We assume 2–3x higher vacanciesThe bottom line is that investors need to be comfortable with balancing the weight of potential short-term risk with the weight of potential long-term rewards when examining a transaction.What Factors Should You Look for as a Passive Investor?

The realtor is saying I might be sued if I back out.My only option if the bank rescinds the loan due to unprecedented situation that might affect my operation.