The federal government does have the authority to regulate things that affect interstate commerce (which is just about everything) so long as proportionality and other considerations are observed.A famous case proving the point is the Heart O' Atlanta Motel (Hotel?)

It's a catch 22 circle though, because as we know, city investment for a community through schools, jobs etc are often in direct proportion to the property values of the real estate that makes up the area, through property tax. 

Sure, but it’s unlikely that they’ll make near as much (proportionally) in the days to come as they’ve already made.

IT was a melt down of epic proportions..

Another strategy we have been using is looking for houses with unfinished basements (typically Everett seems to have the most of these), but the caveat there is more often than not these houses are quite old (1930-50s) and can still have original knob and tube wiring, cast iron plumbing, asbestos or lead-based paint which can add a significant amount of cost to rehab without necessarily seeing a proportional return.

Well, there's always Bitcoin :D.Seriously though - as much as I hate the hair-brained and pandering policies Seattle City Council and other similar governing bodies, I think we as landlords tend to blow the eviction thing out of proportion.

Although the 'minimalist millennial' idea is completely blown out of proportion in terms of ways big companies and marketing towards that demographic, I'm definitely in agreeance with the fact that people no longer have what storage facilities were previously used for.

So as you acquire properties, you also acquire income at a pace that should be similar to your debt acquisition.So, if you acquire debt and income in similar proportions over time, the DTI metric shouldn't move against you.

Makes no sense.You are trying to formulate theories, rules, guides, and education based on a less than 0.1% proportion of your entire sample.Let me break it down for you.You talk about 1000 people, out of which 0.2% -0.4% is your RESPONSE RATE.

But it's hard to sit quietly when it gets blown way out of proportion in order to sell to newbies.