I have been an investor for 29 years and I work with investors nationwide, including San Antonio.

My company started back in 2004 and we were the second nationwide provider of turnkey properties. 

I've gotten umbrella policies through Nationwide and Liberty Mutual.  

In both articles they are predicting 5 million nationwide foreclosures over the next few years and an 18 month supply for Vegas.

Which is no where near my dreams of buying, selling, and owning property nationwide; with people working under me to ensure that it all runs smoothly.

I am a nationwide commercial mortgage broker and almost put a client with McMann when I heard about their product.

I pulls nationwide MLS comps and package a reports in a nice format. 

I've authored thousands of how-to real estate articles, and trained thousands more of the best real estate brokers nationwide.

Admittedly, if a nationwide recession hit, and property values and/or rent dipped 15 or 20%, this person is subject to loosing 15-20% of $900k in properties, rather than the widow's 20% of $225k.Then, if you use the BRRRRR method, the cash-out refinancing, once you have enough equity (usually through remodeling the property, but sometimes through market appreciation) allows you to ideally grow a portfolio of rentals with 100% financing....and zero of your precious equity left in the property.....I know of a BRRRR investor that turned $80k cash into 30 rental properties worth about $8million ($5million in loans, $3million in his equity) in 5 years....granted, he bought at the bottom of the 2006-08 recession and benefited....but much of it was the buy at a discount and remodel profit.Then decide if the risk/reward is right for you.You can say "look what I did with low leverage" (slower)....or "look what I did with maximum leverage" (faster).

Columbus also has great appreciation as its the fastest growing metro area in the midwest, with Amazon, Limited Brands, Nationwide, and Intel moving here.