The previous high-water mark in the current boom came in fall 2013, when home values soared 13.2 percent.The price hikes also surpass anything Seattle saw during the 1990s or early 2000s (Case-Shiller’s data began in 1990).The market isn’t just hot by Seattle standards: No region in the country has had prices soar this fast in the past three years.

When the surplus surpasses your employment income you may then choose whether you wish to continue to work.

You'd want to make sure the numbers on that surpassed just staying in your own place.

In 2016 they surpassed $1.0 billion in rental revenue.

This is only the second time in three years that Texas housing inventory levels have surpassed four months, although this is still well below the six to 6.5 months of inventory the Center considers a balanced housing market.Texas homes spent an average of 58 days on the market—approximately the same length of time on the market as in the first half of 2017.

Good morning @Haney MallematThe way I  screen my properties is a specific rule I have used numerous times here in northern jersey where prices far surpass the ability to use the rules on BiggerPockets. 

They told me that I cant surpass 80% loan to value ratio.

Josh- you mentioned I should be able to qualify for the earned income credit as my Airbnb income will qualify as self employment income but to qualify for this I can’t show more than 3400 in investment income. 2 of my properties are paid for with no mortgage and I should have a decent amount of depreciation, taxes, expenses etc to offset a lot of the income but from what I read if it does not surpass what we’d receive from the standard deduction then we just take the standard deduction.

In my case, my employment is outside the real estate world...although, an interesting fact is most of the value of the company I work for, a 95 year old environmentally friendly chemical company, is in the real estate they have acquired over the years to house the business.On to my goals...2017 was a foundation forming year for me as a RE investor - I listened to 100's of hours of podcasts (mostly BP featuring many that are posting on this thread), read 1000's of pages (books, blogs, posts), analyzed many properties, and talked to several RE professionals.In 2018, I will 1) connect and form relationships with professionals that are in the business of finding deals - finding deals (and finding the time to do so) has been challenging. 2) deploy my knowledge and capital to build passive-ish income through buy-and-hold RE investments so that by 2022 my investment income will surpass my W-2 income. 3) give back to the BP community by openly sharing my knowledge, experience (albeit relatively shallow at this point), successes, and failures with others.

In April and May the number of properties under contract surpass the number of properties on the market causing a major shortage and "bidding war" type of scenario on housing.