You could find apartments for cheaper, but then you're getting into some rough areas or it's a piece of junk.Same story for downtown Seattle and the majority of the popular spots in the San Francisco Bay area, however I have less experience in those markets.

Now that I see there could be major delays, I'm thinking it may not be worth the time.

That said, personally, I like to have the *major* stuff inspected ASAP - my roofer will do a quick check out if I buy him lunch & my Hvac guy will check that out for ~$50 - those two items are expensive & if they're not right, you want to ask for an adjustment at the beginning of a short-sale & make sure the lender knows they're bad.

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Let the truly guilty landlords bear a majority of the cost.

A criteria that a majority of the buyers are looking for.I will be able to use your criteria to find the high quality properties you all are looking for and will be able to start marketing them.

There is a vast majority of those same firms that are still in the red.

I'm also curious cause I may end up switching my major to it as that's what interests me.

A lot of the ones I know are staying away from major rehab lending.

It seems lately from your posts that you have looked at real estate properties to own,note buying,and now restaurants.I am trying to determine if you are placing money in multiple streams or trying to place money into one type of investment and seeing what fits looking at multiple things.There is a difference between taking say 30,000 of cash and putting all that cash into a restaurant and having 200,000 and putting into multiple things.If the restaurant doesn't work out if it's just a small part of your overall portfolio it is okay.If it is a majority of your cash into that one thing it can be a bad investment if you do not know how to analyze properly.You might want to look at business brokerage.This is where I help people analyze buying the assets of a business.Since you will not want to run it day to day you will be what is called an "absentee owner".Businesses can give a great return when purchased properlyAny specific questions just ask.