Another issue on top of this is that rates have been super volatile all year and changing very rapidly, so any sort of post or thread would tend to be rapidly out of date so soon after being posted!

They do pull my credit, I have to provide a financial statement annually and I'm a personal guarantor but much of the weight is put on the property itself.

The rapid expansion of bay area cities continues as there would be more industry develops.

As rents climb, it makes the "expensive" purchase option more affordable, because purchase affordability is PERCEPTUAL, weighted off income ADN the cost of alternative housing ie renting.

I have been super interested in this market so I appreciate being warned about how much weight they give to neighbor complaints. 

I find weight of answering a text message hanging over my head to be overbearing. 

I noticed Columbus experienced some very rapid population growth in the past 10 years (over 11%).

With reno + the rapid appreciation in the area, I do not think it would be hard to reach 20% equity in the house in a short amount of time.

Do you feel like there are still ways that people are doing very well investing and building their portfolio rapidly?  

ZORI is a repeat-rent index that is weighted to the rental housing stock to ensure representativeness across the entire market, not just those homes currently listed for-rent.