The tipping point would be when the average American can't get basics like food, medicine, or shelter and is forced to choose between starvation and death or violence.  

They are not US citizens but most (or all) of them own businesses in their home country.Any tips/suggestions would be highly appreciated as I am not too familiar with this process but aside from refis, does anyone know of an alternative solution that they would be able to pull their money out and get a loan on with much reasonable rates to purchase one or more other investments?

Thank you for the tips!

. $1T is the tip of the iceberg as far as what is going to be spent.

Had someone at work give me a little tip "You can get the appliances, windows, and doors fixed but do you want to be paying on them for 30 years?" 

Here are the tips I can initially give you: 1.

Rinse and repeat, you will able to recycle the equity you had in your initial house and build a portfolio of cash flowing properties. 

It's good to remember simple day to day tips that will reduce maintenance costs down the road.

The numbers make sense,I have very conservative underwriting and have stressed them for the worst case scenario, the asset is still very appealing, but as you know numbers aren't everything and I will need to properly execute the rehab for it to work.Thank you for the tips on forecasting contingencies and rental comps in the area,  I will also be checking out your page for more tips =)

Tip the first domino to solve the second.