You gotta bring something to the table (You say you're a contractor.

While my cash cushion from the last 2-3 years will help me weather the storm, I am worried about people like my maid who depend on this income to put food on the table.

Lot's of buyers are getting cold feet so it could be a good time to be the only seat at the table.

While there has been major volatility in the stock market as of recent there has been even more in the bond market which is more unique than the stock market swinging.

One of my partners brings investors in that bring multiples of $100k to the table.  

But be ready to make a compelling deal pitch before that's on the table.

Do you think construction will work it's way up there and if so, what's your estimated time table?

It took 10 days to get from a friendly phone call to get to the closing table.

This puts me in a unique position to see how this crisis has developed.

Portfolio lenders tends to make underwriting decisions in real life sitting around a table as opposed to letting computers calculate borrowability for them, and most of them won't lend to non-local borrowers.