ABoR housing market data underscores not only the ongoing strong housing demand in our region, but the critical need for more housing stock at all price points in and around Austin.”

I think that statement accurately portrays the thought process of some investment sponsors and underscores why sponsor selection is so important.

So, to bring this full circle, real estate is not a personal property widget, real estate valuation is different, there is a social requirement, that is usually underscored by government regulations and laws. 

According to FinCEN, these reports “underscore [d] the potential benefits of AML and SAR regulations for a variety of businesses in the primary and secondary residential mortgage markets.”

Agreed with much of what's been said and would underscore the importance of securing your property (SimpliSafe is a great option) and having solid PM.

Not sure why you have your undies in a bunch, but you seemed to underscore my case rather well.

The integrity that underscores your sentiments echoes so loud and profoundly.

Advocates for LLCs owning properties always underscore the value of an LLC to protect the properties it controls limiting liability to only those assets in the LLC. 

They operate more like a bond proxy, not at all on par with what most MF investor are looking for, in terms of wealth-building.It again underscores the need to partner with operators who have gone through a few cycles, offer conservative projections (better to under promise and over deliver), and whose objectives align with those of their investor base.

While he spoke of large lenders as well as consumer financing issues, including a cell phone plan termination was one example, there was another hint as he was saying "anyone" which includes investors on an individual level as he was speaking to the issues of being a creditor.He also said there will be further tweaking as loans become compliant, the idea was not to limit credit which was underscored by his mentioning the higher debt to income being allowed and the other aspect he stressed was that none of this changes the old prudent lending practices of years past, his issue was to get lenders back to those prudent practice attitudes and away from the risky ploys of lending and the passing on that bad debt to investors.I don't think there will be a great number of unqualified borrowers, excepting those having gone through the foreclosure surge, as the qualifications are not that difficult, in many respects easier than in the past, it's just now we need to apply sound lending practices in making that lending determination and being able to prove that sound judgment was used. :)