Unless there are big players involved, it would take a while for you to see significant fluctuation in home values IMO.

It's tough to syndicate because only the very best deals are good enough to leave enough meat on the bone for multiple players.  

It's a pinnacle for the sports players to reach.

@Andrey Y.Your thoughts on the industry are true in relation to some but most life settlement players would not play in that market.

If the economy is based off of tourism, vacation rentals are the norm, and there is not some huge player in the market that controls the city, owns hotels, and has an incentive to outlaw mom-and-pop vacation rentals (like, say, Anaheim), then your regulatory risk is minimized (but not eliminated entirely).

There are some new players in the game that will do long term financing on investment property based predominantly on the assets performance, but you will pay for them.

In contrast to the naysayers, here are the opinions of three major players in the residential housing market: Click here to view.A recent article by Teo Nicolais, a real estate entrepreneur who teaches courses on real estate principles, markets, and finance at Harvard Extension School concluded that the next housing bubble may not occur until 2024.The article,  How to Use Real Estate Trends to Predict the Next Housing Bubble looks at previous peaks in real estate values going all the way back to 1818.

LOL.your not being pessimistic your being a realist.. not a dreamer being sold how great this can be.its a big boy game in my mind you are going to have losers.. and the bigger players can average them out.. individual investor who step into the space with little or know knowledge are in for a real roller coaster ride.. and your going to get schooled in human nature and the way a defaulted US borrower thinks and acts..

To me NARPM credentialed companies are really the only A players in the business but obviously check out whoever you inquire with.

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