It's being relaxed, without force and most importantly intuitive in everything you do based on the timing of your actions.

At this point I'm 99.99% sure that life will generally continue as usual for us and our rental property, but I'm not relaxing until the ink is dry and the debt has been settled. 

“Porto is a city on the rise, which appeals to those looking for a relaxed and unpretentious place to live and where there is still a lot to develop”, said Andrés Jennings of Berkshire Hathway HomeServices (BHHS), the real estate network of billionaire Warren Buffett that developed the study.To what extent is Portugal a good place to invest?

I would definitely get a friend at the city and see if what the actual rules state and if they are relaxing them.

My advice to you to relax, weather the storm a bit and continue building your cash position because you want to be ready when you find the right property for you portfolio...and your credit better be in order too! 

In any case, don't relax your screening standards otherwise.

I mostly read books for relaxation.

Even if I relax my criteria I get close to 3,000, but I don't want to add junk leads for the sake of meeting my mailing quota. 

Some banks have been relaxing this requirement recently.  

@Bob Bowling its because its here in San Diego the property he was talking about and I happen to own property right by it he was talking about it in another forum about San Diego, the cap I own in the area is 5.1% for a duplex similar to the own he was saying. and I own a 16 unit place which is not really comp in that area for 5.8% that's all I talk numbers, I am a former analyst trust me I know my numbers better then you I am sure  its just we talking about something different, I remember on a post you wrote this poor kid in Florida wanting to open a drug rehab, place and you could even understand the concept, just relax and always go defensible on the cap rates that is 2 different occasions you have proven you don't know what you talking about and just go criticizing