I am betting on 10% annual increases in flood insurance - still substantial - but not crippling to the RE economy like 200% all at once. 

I'm told that because of the market in this area my best bet is to unload my place right now, with an expected 6-12% decline in the immediate market expected in the next six months.  

Account Closed if Alibaba opens up in Silicon valley  all bets are off :)

Investors can buy in for the price of a single-family home or a single share of stock.But the plunge in U.S. home prices in the financial crisis should be a fresh reminder that bets on housing can sour in a hurry.The latest deals often don't depend on home values going up, which sets them apart from the house-flipping strategies that cost many home buyers dearly when the market collapsed.

In my last post I mentioned a potential lead we are working and hope to share more details on that as it progresses.

I bet that the BP analyzer is pulling comps from West of Paseo. 

get away from the city and theres a lot more opportunities with less competition and much lower expenses.I worked years as a plumber in most of the areas you've mentioned and struggled to make any progress.

Maybe not all that much different of a skill set than investing in the path of progress for real estate like the guy who bought the 20k lot.

The 37% of phase one is in regards to a progress report inspection he sent me.

. ;)To give some perspective, more than half of those BP podcast guests have never lived as an investor through a RE downturn, and I wish them no harm, but they are so leveraged up to grow fast that I'd bet that half of those more than half will end up going bankrupt in the next downturn.