I have my broker's license and I still use my longtime realtor to show me properties; I just needed my broker's license to set up our property management company, and I also get to use it for full-time real estate professional purposes at tax time (I'm retired); I don't use it for looking at properties or anything of that sort. 

I hate to continue to pile on the fees for credit checks to do them on four sets of parents after charging the tenants for this. 

This is all market dependent obviously but in general I think this is just a correction not unlike corrections in any other market - people adjust and things move on, just not in the same way.

Now I am investing in the US and a few of them have offered to lend me money at a set interest rate that I will use to grow my US real estate portfolio.  

My son in Utah , will sometimes buy a new house or condo but uses them as rentals because the wife and kids are setted in their residence. 

If you are going to purchase SF homes in lower barrier  C/D neighborhoods be conservative with your debt, set aside plenty of reserves and consider half if not more of your appraised equity to be the result of a generous appraiser because you will likely never see the equity converted to a realized gain. 

The 2 family was +3k so that helped off set.

I would want to be able to cash flow those expenses or have a pile of cash set aside as a Rental Property Emergency Fund.  

I have already taken many steps to set this up as a business but am looking to purchase my first property in the next 30 days or less.Glad to be here and look forward to meeting you all.

We don't discriminate against the source of income - it's illegal but we can choose to work with these tenants or not.There is extra inspection every year, there are other inconveniences.If it's a protected class in their city or county - you can't mention in your add but you can set up your criteria, for example, amount if income.I have 3-4 rents income requirement depending on the credit.