Sadly, I feel this is the fucking truth. Five years ago I watched a couple of close family members of mine trying desperately to buy a house and every damn time the ones they went to see that were publicly listed, kept getting bought up by speculators, and by people who would own swaths of homes to then turn into high priced rentals. So yeah, I can feel it in my bones; those types are all just eagerly awaiting that next crash and then they will come running as fast as they can with all their vast monies in hand, to scoop up what little is left, that could have and should have been there first, for the rest of us.