Surprising how many suddenly didn't think they could fit me in at the moment because of their very heavy work load at the present time, maybe later.

I know the popular opinion is that special assessments can wipe out cash flow, not all associations allow renters, association policies can suddenly change, but I successfully house-hack through roommates in my Ukrainian Village condo right now (I'm 25 so for now it feels weird NOT to have roommates), and for my first true investment property I want to stay close to home (no more than 20 minute drive/public transit). 

It has a bad reputation, but we’re starting to see a surge of Silicon Valley commuters buying in this area, and the crime is definitely improving with this inflow of people who care about their property.

Where will I get burned when asset prices suddenly come back down to earth a bit?

I'm trying to refinance out of a HML but my credit suddenly dropped.

If suddenly all of our write-offs for interest and taxes go away, won't our properties appear to be a lot more profitable to the tax man?

The real question here is, do you suddenly doubt everything you have done up until now?

It was difficult to talk to anyone when they went over their contract dates and then all of a sudden they want to sign today.  

Those cater a little better to good properties with sudden sellers (lease options) tired landlord seller-carries for buy and holds.

Do that to your agent once or twice and suddenly your agent is very hard to get ahold of.