By after a crash or hustle for truly good deal!

If they didn't do that, they would starve when winter arrives.The Future is VERY important.Another analogy I like to use is to Drive your Investments like an Investment Vehicle.When you look at past Data such as previous Sales, you are looking at the Rear View Mirror of your Investment Vehicle.When you look at current data, such as the current Rents and Expenses to calculate your Current cashflows or your Cash on Cash Return, you are looking at the side view... watching the action go by as it is occurring.When you look through the Windshield of your Investment Vehicle, you are looking at the road ahead.... seeing the path that it is taking you... and all the obstacles in the way.You are less likely to CRASH your investment vehicle by focusing on looking through your Windshield than remaining fixated on the Rear View Mirror or the Side Windows.If the bridge is out and you fail to see the bright red warning signs..... if your eyes are not looking straight through that windshield........ you will Drive your Investment Vehicle into the abyss down below.So please.....

While there is definitely a shift from a buyer's market to a seller's, I don't think property values here are overinflated.Those that got caught in the crash were over-leveraged, and the properties' prices were over inflated.Law of supply and demand..In the period before the crash, even your dog could get a mortgage if you talked to the right person....less supply, more demand= increased home prices.

Penalties can be so great that you might get just as good of a "ROI" in paying off any tax debts and such to get you back to square one.It's not impossible, I was in a similar situation 10 years ago when the market crashed.

(This was right after the crash.)  

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The real estate market has been up since 2010 very steady however we see some signs of the slow down on the appreciation, so the question is when is the next crash??

@Daniel Walker What happens when the market crashes or there is a correction.

By markets do stagnate and correct (let's leave "crash" out of it).

During the housing market crash, being able to get in and get out super quickly allowed me to make lots and lots of money when the market was tanking.