If I'm all leveraged up and say ExxonMobil reports that abiotic oil is real and the price of oil drops to .25¢ a barrel and most of my tenants get laid off (I'm in the Houston market), then my ability to provide for my family comes crashing down.

I need to get this really clear because it seems to me the whole process (especially in the sub prime mortgage housing crash conditions of our current times) starts here - with somebody who doesn't want to go into foreclosure and is thus ready to make all kinds of deals.

Fiat currencies have crashed consistently and repeatedly for thousands of years.

About 20 feet later it hit the traffic pole and came crashing down about 5 feet from two girls.Then, about a minute later, some guy with the control started running to pick it up!

Crashing oil prices to hit house price appreciationThis may take a while to filter down, but at some point soon the strong price appreciation that has been going on in oil rich states will almost certainly halt.

@Chris Williams yeah I forgot to add Bakersfield to my list.Wasn't that area hit really hard when the economy crashed?

Some have no experience, but felt the crash course they received that weekend was all they needed, and become an investor on their own without joining the program.

I don't think it's a bad idea, but I'm currently hoarding cash while waiting to see what happens with the Fed raising rates in Sep or Dec, and if China's stock market actually manages to erase its gains and then crash

Just the fact that you folks are having this discussion is kind of scary...here are several very successful people with radically differing political views agreeing that a crash is imminent.

The property was contracted for $160k in 2009 prior to the crash and it fell out during the crash6.