I could write another 10 pages on this but for the sake of time I'll just say that this was a result of demand for bonds increasing as the fed was tapering because of global macro and it's not wise to take the short term past and assume that will proceed into the long term future.  8.  

And even if its an artificial flattening of our curve at what point does the global weakness create the weakness in the US that would justify the flattening curve?  

Politics" between park mgmt and the residents association can gum up doing this in a park.  

Martin, my philosophy with crunching data with global evidence is how it can be used for local decision.

As an investor, you're a key contributor to keeping your chosen market economically viable if not vibrant.Explore the dominant industries and understand your community's contribution to the local, national and global economy.

That said, the weather may change here in Colorado (Global Warming) and we may have a high fire danger season this summer.  

starter rent in any city = the least stable.. the lower rents are generally were the properties are cheaper.. so just a rule of thumb not a law or anything.Also the 2% rule and the other rules were born here on BP out of the Great recession and are not germane anymore in most markets that are rebounding and recovering.. you have a new set of investors who started after 2009 who don't have a perspective other than the screaming deals they got in 09 to 2011   which are not reality today and may never be again at least until the next Global financial crisis.

Hey John, We do refinances to 75% LTV  (can go up to 80% of appraised value) on rentals and can even do it on blanket (multiple properties) under one loan; depending on how the property cash flows in conjunction to how you cash flow globally we may adjust our LTV. 

Today I found this article from Mansion Global that shows the latest numbers from CoreLogic comparing the property tax rates throughout the country on a $2 million home.

If your job throws off 300k, 500k etc. a year then you can snowball much faster.Once you hit so many properties lenders will look at track record and your global cash flow so having a J-O-B becomes less of an issue as liquidity and net worth is built up.