I lived through that one.but like others said full scale desert storm .. don't think so.. 

Saving cash to put into a full down payment on every property is certainly an option but will limit your ability to scale as you’ve said.

As I have scaled I have considered other options, but a lot of the more professional options cost a decent amount (buildium and appfolio). 

So in that scenario, yes it will affect the market eta: there is large scale landlord pushback and involvement in the discussiions re these laws... so dont think that there is not LL participation - there is !

I'm a new landlord only managing 3 units but I do plan to scale up in the next couple months.

Scale.

I want to really focus in and master small multi family-(2-4) units but i think I’m going to follow “the stack” strategy and start with a SFH because they’re so plentiful, and i think it’ll be a good confidence builder getting the first property under my belt and then scale up to duplex, tri, and quad.

But like you, I felt like I needed to scale my business and get to another level. 

Inventory is simply too low for prices to drop on a national scale.

For me, having a legit stable management company is key so I can scale.