When the Housing Bust Will End

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Tuesday November 23, 2010

"Without the strength to endure the crisis, one will not see the opportunity within. It is within the process of endurance that opportunity reveals itself." Chin-Ning Chu When the Housing Bust Will End By Steve Sjuggerud Ten thousand a month... That's how many foreclosures Palm Beach, Florida-based GMAC employee Jeremy Stephan was required to sign off on. His signature confirmed that the paperwork was in order, kicking off the foreclosure process. Think about it... Ten thousand foreclosures a month. That's 2,500 a week... 500 a day... That's more than one signature a minute -- non-stop -- for an eight-hour workday. Could he have even looked at the paperwork? Stories like Jeremy's are what kicked off the latest foreclosure mess. Major banks halted their foreclosure proceedings in most states. And this won't be the end of the mortgage mess. So when will the housing bust be over? When will housing recover? Understanding the opportunities we have in real estate today means understanding how to answer these questions. First, you should know that fallout from the housing bubble will go on for much longer than you think. That's how it goes with bubbles and busts... Bubbles soar higher than anyone can imagine... and then the busts go on longer than anyone can imagine. The sequence of a bust, as we've written before, is "first the guillotine, then the sandpaper." First, prices collapse. This is the guillotine stage. Then, prices stagnate for many years. This is the sandpaper stage. No Business? No Problem! Want to get rich but you don't have a business (or any clue as to how to start one)? Don't worry. All you need is ETR's "All-in-One" Home Business Kit, where you'll get a rock-solid blueprint for building your very own profitable online business -- from scratch! Top internet marketing expert Brian Edmondson will give you his 12-step plan for launching your business... 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(You can even make the case that it's worse in America than it's been during the sandpaper stage in Japan. There was no Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac in Japan... there was no mortgage "securitization" market. Banks in Japan have had to hold on to bad mortgages. No government entity bought them, like it did in the U.S.) So when will the housing bust end, and when will housing recover? Those are two separate questions... The guillotine stage of the bust is over. That's what gets all the headlines. The sandpaper stage is the hard part. And with the overhang of foreclosures and no end in sight, the sandpaper stage will go on for a very long time. Using Japan as an example, it could last a decade... or more. But I still believe we have opportunities in real estate... The opportunities are in buying "distressed" properties that are being liquidated at very low prices and then selling them closer to market value. My rule of thumb is to buy at 40 cents on the dollar and sell at 80 cents. I will admit, I haven't bought much. I've shown up at property auctions -- but most of the time, the first bids alone have been above what I was willing to pay. But the opportunities ARE out there. It is what it is. You can still make money in this environment. But you simply can't count on any price appreciation... If the investment works WITHOUT considering price appreciation, that's good. Any price appreciation would be icing on the cake. Just remember, the sandpaper stage of the housing bust could take a decade or more to get through. Invest accordingly... [Ed. Note: Dr. Steve Sjuggerud is editor of the Stansberry & Associates newsletter, True Wealth. Steve is always looking for unique situations that his readers can take advantage of to make extra income. He has identified one of the most incredible programs ever conceived by the U.S. government -- which is now allowing some Americans to get an extra $600 or more per month for retirement. 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