Who knows, maybe we'll even get some of those those fancy ice cream shops like North Seattle has.

I don’t give one whit about Disney, but it doesn’t take a genius to see that companies that are dipping into politics and social justice are summarily getting creamed.  

I saw one BP member say that the value of his RE portfolio also got creamed in the Crash and was also working back out of a hole as the Cycle of RE values found a bottom and was working its way back to a high.

Tell me about it Mike... its nuts lately.I have many qualified borrowers Im working with that have a hard time right now.I've been adjusting pre-approval letters on each offer with RE agents to submit and still no acceptance.The sellers just have a lot of choices to pick the cream of the crop.The good thing about the market is it allows sellers to unload (as an investor) their properties at a top tier price.For the buyer/borrower it sucks since its frustrating offer after another.As a banker its frustrating because sometimes we enter escrow then we fall out because of entering escrow at a price too high to appraise for and then we're back to offer after offer to try to get back into escrow.With each challenge there is opportunity though.

I get the feeling these properties are what is "leftover" once the cream of the crop properties have been hand picked and purchased.

Logic would dictate that those businesses that grew to large companies had a better product or service then those who didn't as in any industry the cream will rise to the top.So what do you do when your local mom & pop Property Manager runs into a problem they've never encountered before?

A recession doesn't guarantee real estate price drops...see the chart I posted, it contains actual facts...This guy is going to get creamed flipping houses if we are near the peak, it's risky AF.

There's opportunities in multiple sectors both in and out of real estate, like the conversation I had last night with a young lady who is following her mother's footstep in Ice Cream Trucks.

I'm starting to see more beige/cream come into the scene though with a mixture of polar white. 

these are all good posts but all have to remember there are so many deals out there that if everyone of the bigger pockets people bought one property there would still be 150 available for each memberif you are a cream puff investor and want the big return with no work then I have to tell you those days are coming to an endif you rely solely on conventional financing those days will end tooits kinda like the people that go to school spend a lot of money for a bachelors degree that they will never use but cost them there credit and are now in debt to there eye ballscompetition is what makes this country greatAmerica has lost what made her great- Great Ideas- Hard Workers- Industries- The willingness to network with others- how many of the people on this forum really know who there neighbors are?