I want to scale and I want to scale fast.

Not so long ago Oregon laws changed which were not good for landlords, but the one potentially good thing out of them was this Guarantee Program.  

And no, you can't just change the lock at this point.

I have closed on properties with warranty deed (insured closing) as fast as 9 days from accepted offer to closing before..

The negative is the quickness of how fast you can run your numbers before the deal is sold.

Do you think something has changed such that the historically appreciating market is unlikely to do so on a long term buy n hold?

I was under the impression I needed a considerable chunk of change to start, until I stumbled across a book by BP recently.

Good day,my fellow Michigan investors I hope to create as much value to fellow investors as possible.We can network with each other to create value in each others lifes and undestand market trends as well as changes.

Know the local laws and keep an eye towards changes.

The answer is to change your model slightly from a fix n flip model to a fix n rent n evaluate model.