Welcome, @Celiene O'Hara.The orthodox BP advice would be to pull equity out of your duplex that you've owned since 2001 to buy the next place all cash, immediately pull all your equity out of that one, and so on, but I honestly think the orthodox BP advice is often a bit too liberal.There's nothing "wrong" with equity...So maybe do that once or twice, and chill with 2-3 properties for a while.Anywho, the Bay Area BP crowd is very active and helpful, don't hesitate to reach out to anyone. 

If you put forth a "chilling effect" by how you communicate with someone or don't allow someone to even apply, you will be more at risk of violating a non-discrimination law.We provide our written rental criteria along with the application.

Just chill.  

You may have to wait till our local scene chills out (which is happening) and/or until your credit is better and you can leverage your money.

The property was a war zone when I got it but the area is not chill and quiet.

Do I need to chill out and wait until I'm more qualified?

@David Zheng - Take a chill pill bro. 

Chill, it's an easy fix, your blowing a gasket on something so small.

While you're doing that, I'll be chilling on the beach.If you don't get it, don't worry about it, you're not alone.

Chill out dude @Brent Coombs I messaaged him because my topic of discussion was not what you guys are talking about and I wanted to leave the thread open for actual input.