Materials can vary a little by material, but from my experience track the broader economy (prices inflate during up cycles) by perhaps +/- 30%. 

And when rates rise, bonds value decrease - I still bet they will go up more than down.  

A lot of decent  1% properties  went away with house prices rising. 

Great deals won't wait until you're ready to take them down...I'm not a fan of condos, for a variety of reasons, but the more deals you consider the easier it will be for the cream to rise to the top and overshadow the more marginal "opportunities."

Hilltop, Linden, whitehall are the hottest parts where we have seen home prices rise between 18-24% YoY for the last 2 years. 

I would boost my credit score immediately through 2-10% utilization, ask a family member and/or business partner to add you to their oldest credit line, then pay down debt to $0 two months before applying for the fastest lowest possible residential lending FIXED RATE mortgage (because the Fed is raising interest rates along with potential inflation due to this 2018 trade war). 

Detroit is rebounding and everyone knows about it's current rise from Bankruptcy.Detroit has made it's way to the Top 10 in the scientific pool of talent in the US Nation. 

@Christian Hutchinson I have spent a lot of time in Royal Oak, I worry that the market there is too inflated.

What is the logic in holding Adjustable Rate mortgages (ARMs) and Balloon rates in a rising rate environment?  

Originally posted by @Fred Heller:Where in Texas is the rent too damn high - Texas Monthly Even with rapidly escalating rents, the SFH market is so hot that with median home prices on the rise, even well priced properties don't make 1% when they're placed in service.