this is not a service dog. its an emotion support dog. service dogs are trained to perform specific functions. emotional support dogs just exist for companionship, and while they serve medical purposes, are very often fake. you are not allowed to deny this tenant based solely on the animal, but you are allowed to ask for certain verifications. you also, only have to make "reasonable" accommodation to accomodate his "medical device" I imagine you have an argument to evict if the dog is attacking people.

I can only imagine what that number would be if they zoomed in just on real estate investors & all the zillion extra guidelines that REI face. 

I hope you are shocked.Now, calmly, on the other hand, if you are just speculating, that is, you are just happy with the general rise in the market, as long as all the old owners remain optimistic enough to keep on sitting tight so that there are few sellers, as long as enough high-tech jobs continue to pour into Portland (doesn't have to be many), as long as there is money in China looking for a way to not just disappear into thin air as in China it might (because at least here in Seattle that source seems responsible for most of the price-raising buying activity), then sure, maybe you are happy to pay 5.5% for the privilege of gaining that speculative increase in equity. 

In my case specifically however, I did not want to exceed a purchase price of $150k (imagine seeing the same homes that were on the market 2 years ago for 90k at 170k!) 

Imagine a destination without a map, likewise imagine a map without a destination. 

But from my experiences as a home owner and knowing some prices of properties around Bremgarten and Zurich, I cannot imagine that the ROIs are comparable to the US.

People have come up with a lot of work-arounds like "leasing for a month and cancelling 3 weeks of it", but if brought up in court well you can imagine how that would look.

It's ok though, as my strip mall area has about 50% vacancy and I can't imagine it cash flowing well. 

So you can just imagine what B/C areas are going to cost you.

FWIW, we pay about $4-6/sf for concrete pours in Metro Detroit.