Holy cow, Congrats @Bill S. !

@Thao Kieu Holy hell!

Holy crap !!

Either your head is in the sand or you've got some ulterior motive by saying its not violent here.CHICAGO — Murders in the nation's third-largest city are up about 72%, while shootings have surged more than 88% in the first three months of 2016 compared with the same period last year, according to data released Friday by the ChicagoPolice Department.Apr 1, 2016And in terms of population loss, holy cow, you are simply lost. 

., etc.This being an example of the 2% rule being harder to achieve - is it the case the the 2% rule is a better and more conservative "rule of thumb".In other words, are intelligent investors more focused on meeting the 2% rather than the 50% because if you find a good SFR or duplex in a good neighborhood that satisfies the 2% rule - that is like the holy grail of rental investing.I understand these are guidelines, and I use both in my analysis - but is the 2% the more stringent and desirable of the two guideline rules?

Our holy grail in the US of Auto ownership...

Holy hell.It wasn’t just the crime so don’t solely focus on that; I realized all of these things too late.

"( shortened of course)But that made me think HOLY CRAP! 

You're asking for the holy grail.There's a joke in the contracting world, but it is probably based in reality Price-Quality-Speed. 

But you’re also chasing a Holy Grail that many others come here seeking.