If we did not buy in 12 months that $3600 was forfeited to the seller.This was in 2011 and in that year our area rebounded greatly.

Right now we've been switching gears working on cleaning up/organizing our primary residence and learning new REI methods now that the market has rebounded.

But I do not see the market rebounding with any real significance for the next 5 years.

Our benevolent social planners are making sure these distressed neighborhoods never rebound by putting low income home owners in homes that need significant renovation....

.- We expect the student population to rebound in the coming years, the schools have launched plans that include large increases in enrollment.

I only see this working well if you intend to sell to a retail buyer when the market rebounds. the poor cash flow would prevent many investors from looking at these properties.

Those communities, especially if they are in position to rebound, will have properties that could increase exponentially in value once the market rebounds.

Not quite Denver, but I think it'll rebound (being fairly close to the airport, proximity to Denver/DTC, new jobs arriving, etc).

I've talked to some people in the area who have stressed buying around here because the market will rebound and you'll be able to appreciate, but I'd rather not just bank on that.

Deals seem to be getting allot harder to find, I guess that is evidence of the market trying to rebound, but they are still out there. 500 to 600k seems to be on the high end, maybe that is the norm is Boston, not sure.