Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) other investment. 31 duplex development located on the East side of San Antonio.

I was chatting with some of my lending buddies at big banks and they are all backing away from the CRE space including office because operating costs are increasing more quickly than rents.

These are areas where you can cash flow in Columbus because the rent-to-price ratio is favorable.

@Jason SinclairWhat do other homes in the neighborhood have that you would be selling or renting competition? 

I understood that rent prices are decreasing.

Let's assume your expenses (mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance, vacancy, etc.) comes to a clean $600 and the property rents for $1,000.

They use the rent payments to offset the debt if I have rented the properties for a couple of years.

What location?

- Run your numbers (including all operating costs including property mgmt) based on current rents in AS IS condition and renovated.

When the rent rates stabilize, I suspect they'll bring it back.I wouldn't try it in a location like Portland, but 99% of the country would be fine with a policy like this as long as it is disclosed and applied equally.