Clipped the first few paragraphs.Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Curb Some Loans as Regulator Reins In RiskUpdated Dec. 10, 2019 5:58 am ETFannie Mae FNMA +1.97% and Freddie Mac FMCC +2.17% are pulling back on some mortgages meant to make homeownership more affordable, their latest effort to rein in risk at the behest of their regulator.The two companies are cutting back on the proportion of loans they back to borrowers with small down payments, for example, and mortgages to deeply indebted borrowers.The regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, says it wants Fannie and Freddie to be prepared for a possible economic downturn.

CORP services always work in any economic cycle.

Can you post your economics on the deal?  

The intent is to lower my risk in the event of an economic slowdown and if we're faced with a 2008 redo. 

All that said, there are reasons to go solar and reasons to not go solar, but if it is something you are planning to do at all, then doing it now makes way more sense economically than waiting 7 years plus. 

I would finish up the flip as economically as possible and try to sell and at least break even.

I guess you need to correlate with some local economic data to determine if there is a “why”.  

Can anyone share their Economic Model for a flipping business? 

Richard is the only Investor I know who survived the 2008 Economic Collapse without losing any properties.

Two thoughts - 1-Corollary to what Michael Temple, @Bjorn Ahlblad and @John Underwood have said - WSJ piece doesn't address this, but it seems likely that in an economic downturn, the rental market could to see more turnover of tenants.