If you get positive results, share them on BP   People are always looking for LOC sources   They come and go as banks need them/have the appetite for them. 

You can always leverage a HELOC or equity loan depending on your needs and risk appetite on the purchase side. 

Doubt things stay linear, but we need market suppression for at least 2 quarters and/or into non-peak times during RE--at minimum 2 quarters.

Given your appetite for high-risk, high-reward ventures, active strategies like flipping or BRRRR might be worth exploring.

The Fed tried to stimulate lending by dropping rates, which should have increased the pool of buyers and therefore curtailed the growth of, or in fact reduced, rental rates relative to what they would have been immediately after the crash, and perhaps suppressed growth of rental rates since that point.The oddest thing about the graph comparing rent rates to home prices, though, is that rent rates continue at a steady clip almost completely irrespective of home prices, which leads me to believe that the types of consumers demanding homes are fundamentally different from the types of consumers demanding to rent.

An older building might have been grandfathered in and now must be updated with new fire suppression and sprinkler systems, structure upgrades, greater parking requirement ratios that reduces building size, etc.  

So not sure if that might suppress rental growth as these new properties come online in the SW area?

More importantly, you will be able to discuss what the other person is looking for and what they think about this market and their appetite for different types of deals. 

Our realtor for our personal home buying/selling has learned of my interest to get into properties and has kept on the lookout for potential properties within my appetite.

Portfolio lenders have appetites for only what they know.