The problem is that it will stunt your real estate growth because you won't have the money to invest in other properties. 

For example, given the immense borrowing necessitated by this crisis, it might be high time to at long last reform entitlement programs. 

So your growth is intrinsically limited by working capital and inventory.

That's where we got to meet tons of local connections who have been invaluable to our growth.

Would like to get peoples opinions on the growth of the market, is my price range worth investing in( not seeing a lot of properties that can follow the 1-2% rule), are places like fountain square/ herron morton/bates-hendricks worth buying in or is it already too inflated?

But if there is no bubble to burst there's typically slow steady growth. 

There continues to be good job growth, population growth, and new development in this area, which should continue to promote solid appreciation growth annually. 2.

Yes, most prudent investors have criteria on market fundamentals such as population and job growth (a bias based on sound research). 

Every rental in the Boise/Nampa area should have very low vacancy rates based on our growth.

Researched several markets and ultimately decided on the Indianapolis market after taking into consideration the population growth, income growth, crime rate trends and entry price for the properties I am looking for.