Folks that have been doing this for longer than 1 market cycle realize that we need to roll and adjust. 

If you will always have a way to feed the primary residence no matter what happens with your job or the cycle of real estate value, then it is certainly a way to do it as long as you can ride it out for the longer haul.

After spending a great deal of time and money on my formal & practical education, learning what works, & what doesn't work for me, in my market and in what cycle, costs me money & time.It is flawed logic to think that education that is "Free" is better or "under $500" is ideal, or even that because you spend big bucks with an "expert", it will buy you a higher level success faster.

I took a quick glance and Ohio is on 2012 IECC cycle!

To me, they're attempting to "slow down" the cycle of transactions - making the seasoning period longer.

In the investing cycle.. buying today the thought of your 900.00 rents in your city going to 1800 in the next 5 to 6 years ???

Also, at this stage in the cycle many people are taking too much risk.

I worry that 2 ton units would be unnecessarily expensive and cycle too often. 

After that I'll pull a new list and start the cycle over.

Do the Jobs in the area look like they'll be there for a long time or are they constantly cycling out.