But that price increase got me thinking.

Also, there are a lot of tech IPO's happening and upcoming which means there's going to be increasing competition w/ all cash offers.

(i did check with the apartment and they said either pay the full 1 year lease and get out or stay till contract is over... i was mad but had no choice). however, luck was on my side since i also got another job with an increase in salary.

I am curios to how some of you may have or may be increasing your rental portfolio inventory by leveraging existing equity to purchasing new rental properties.

If not you need to increase CapEx to cover potential major repairs.  

Many see it as a sign of an area uptrend, but I just don't see the necessary population and jobs increase nor downtown revitalization to warrant this much of a rise.Note: sorry this may be a little more long winded than you were looking for.

Long term thinking will help you at the time of a sale and the time you owned will typically have increased in value. 

You should look into selling and reinvesting to increase cash flow.

I am looking to add leverage strategy in order to increase my innovatory of flips.

The area is growing and I anticipate rents going up as well as house prices, i don't want to bet on this but it does give me some comfort that equity will increase over the next few years.