It would be a tragedy to have the markets cool, housing crash, etc. destroy your financial life because you stretched too much.Respectfully,Allen Fletcher

One way I know you could have before the market crash and maybe still today ( not sure about today's lenders and how they handle debt to income ratio) which I've done myself is to find a builder who is still doing lease options for units not sold and is willing to give you a 10% investor discount on the unit by paying your 10% down on the purchase.  

They realeased a 1.2% drop in sales in the month of September, which was before this colossal market crash.

The way I see it, this will be a crash course on out of state investment for you.

And even more so with the sub-prime crash.

It was a sight to see a good learning experience. but this was in 2006 he speculated and lost like others during the crash.

(Now we just hope we get time to rebuild those funds before the next thing crashes!)

Hello I have a hypothetical question. what would be a good strategy if the housing market crashes and I am just starting out and haven't bought anything?

I read an article somewhere about a major multifamily builder in Denver who is stopping all new projects because they feel there is a crash in multi coming soon.

The ones that start with a pool of money and maybe not so smart are sometimes the ones that crash and burn.