That may keep the ride going for a while for those of us property owners currently in the local rental market.

With all of this information, do I just let it ride out?  

I recently finished "Set for Life" and in it the author suggests keeping your investment savings (not your emergency savings) in the stock market so you can ride the general upward slope of the economy before you utilize it.

They are enjoying the upswing ride thinking it is go even higher.

I think it would help prevent terrible contractors from taking other investors for a ride.

An a middle-aged white male, I ride my bike through those areas regularly with ZERO problems.  

Yes if you have tons of reserves to cover yourself when the sh*t hits the fan, then sure....you can ride the storm when your are leveraged up the a$$ and it all tanks....but most people that are leveraged that high do it because they don't have the reserves sitting around.......they cant weather the storm for 2-5 years until they can break even again.....It surprised me how many people are back on the gravy train of leveraging the hell out of everything because it will never go south again....dangerous road.

This home is a 20-minute train ride to downtown San Francisco, although some corporate rental companies only have units downtown.Tyler - What kinds of areas would you typically target for a 30+ day VR?

The most the non-accredited investors could fund would be less than 2.7% of that size portfolio. (333 of the 12,500 loans)GF would have to morph into an accredited/institutional RECF (an already crowded and highly competitive space) to fund the remaining 97.3% which leads to another question.

Other wise Flip away and enjoy the ride.