While home values are plummeting there some still have made equity positions on their purchases while others are losing their shirts.While it's always the investor wanting to maximize their dollars remember who owns the asset.

It was started before the market had plummeted.

If you do use that rule, you will seldom find yourself in a bad position, unless of course there is that trend Nationwide mentioned where the rents are plummeting.

If loans completely dry up, the real estate market will grind to a halt, and prices will plummet to levels that will make todays look great.

Prices plummet because there's no demand.

I have literally seen values plummet, because a developer has sloppy CCR’s, and some builder decides to go cheap and uses vinyl siding, when the rest of the builders have been using stone and stucco.

So don't be surprised if prices plummet and you still own the house.

Investing in Southern California right now is treacherous.Best to wait for property values to plummet a bit, and forforeclosures to weed a few out.

Your investment will plummet unless you start pouring money into the home to fix it up.

When the economy turned in the Fall, rents plummeted and we went from break even to bleeding 1K per month per cabin.