Because people are so sure, the fail to pay attention to the rot in the pillars and only realize after it's all collapsed. 

Our initial financing attempt through the broker channel collapsed a week before closing, so we pivoted to a local bank.

If not installed properly the lower walls could bow out and cause a collapse.

Those markets collapse and fall further in a down cycle, so be cautious.

Many lost their properties or chose to give them back.Having said that, I suspect inflation will be on the side of appreciation in both real estate and stocks (company ownership) for a long time to come unless the current system collapses due to debt load.

These can collapse or roots can enter them.

Absense a dramatic collapse in rents (no modern historical precedent for that) or a dramatic rise in expenses (i.e. quadrupling of taxes, skyrocketing insurance rates, etc.) a house that cash flows today will cash flow tomorrow whether or not the value of the house rises or falls.

They are sucking up deals not knowing what to do and are collapsing all over the place to the point there are very few logical deals left.

It was a great idea at the time, and of course all of the properties were full, so everything started off great.Of course, when the market collapsed, everyone found out that they had grossly overpaid.

If the existing pipe collapses before we have the job done the price goes up.