Those who suffered from the Global Financial Crisis know what I'm talking about.

There are always unforeseen possibilities that can effect the real estate market in very negative ways, such as the impeachment of Donald Trump or a true 50% crash in the stock market, a global corporate credit freeze or a Zombie apocalypse.That's my 2 cents.

If you can muster brokerage and bank statements that will show an amount that could be liquidated to assist in the pay down, if you aren't "overleveraged", meaning that you don't have a ton in other debt, and your "global" cash flow is strong, they will probably consider it.

I think the Fed is stuck in a debt spiral and can't raise rates without major damage to the economy.Why are we in a global ultra-low interest rate regime (even zero or negative rates)?

Well  I always bake my tenants fresh gingerbread Men with a divine peppermint frosting then add little gum drop buttons arranged ever so neatly in a row .

But as Russ states you need to get this worked out on the very first conversation with the agent.. they may wish to move forward or they may wish not to work with you at all.Keep in mind you cant equate everything to how much they worked ON YOUR transaction.. its the global effort that you simply don't see..

That combines with the investment demand from the "silver tsunami" , compressing bond yields and in general the global search for yields, apartments are only going to become more expensive to buy. 

I'll even say that it could be a couple decades before another brutal, global 2008-like crisis. 

I work in strategy and new markets at a global retail company in San Francisco.

From a global perspective, some investors, in some European countries, believe or not, will love to get 5%!