This isn't to say rents aren't going up - they definitely are - just not enough to keep pace with home values. 

Downtown is clean and growing at a fair pace.

He regularly follows a range of economists to keep pace with changes in the marketplace.

We learned a lot about this from Pace Morby on YouTube.

There is a book out there called " how to own your home years sooner without making extra payments" https://www.amazon.com/How-Your-Home-Years-Sooner/...I tried it and it worked fantastic, I was on pace to pay off my 30 year note of 240k in 9 years or so without changing anything other than how I held money. 

Also, @Lorraine Hadden, I think putting together an agenda is a great idea! 

If rents fail to pace with the cost of living, your financial independence will be short-lived.Income persistence: Your rental income will last a long time, which means that you will not outlive your income.Income reliability: You can count on receiving the rental income every month, even when the economy is doing badly.Rents Outpace the Cost of LivingIn real estate, prices and rents are determined by the imbalance between the number of buyers and sellers.

His pacing, neurolinguistics, and imbedded commands have controlled my subconscious and directed me to post this...

Or is the growth in the city pretty much staying at the same pace as housing development? 

Investor Friendly Real Estate Agents, willing to bring additional leads and keep up with the pace of making offers.2.