My houses (market) just last year or so got back to pre crash prices. 

This even though Calgary has been through 2 oil price crashes and 2 recessions in the last 10 years. 1 SFR I bought for around $335k in 2010, sold for $462k in 2015, all the while barely making anything in rents.

I have no one in my family or close circle of friends that do a lot of real estate investing, and with the 2008 financial market crash still on everyone's mind when you mention real estate, everyone I talk to is more skeptical than excited, unfortunately.

Ever since I watched "The Big Short" I've been intrigued by the 2007-2008 real estate market crash...and while I know that the crash was caused by loose lending standards combined with ARMs, uninformed borrowers, limited to zero due diligence, mortgage backed securities/CDOs and Wall Street I have yet to wrap my head around one thing.

Been a while since I've been on, but I'm looking to get active once more.Situation: My significant other bought her house in San Diego in 2006 and survived the 2008 crash by refinancing with an ARM that had an amazing rate.

However, we are not up to levels we were at before the big "crash" so there still is potential for capital appreciation. 

If you higher staff to run your business and they do a lousy job at it, the value of your business can easily crash to almost zero.

Have family in arizona, they hunkered down during the crash, I suggested they double down and ride it back up...they just rode it out and probably are wishing they had taken my suggestion. 

Look back to the housing crash in the US in 2008(?)

Quality is good - generally no crashes.