@Dan W.You are quoting a housing and anti eviction organizer to form your opinion of the stability of an area to own rentals? 

I think one of the reasons so many of us are anti-guru, anti-seminar, anti-whatever, is that we've seen it all go horribly wrong so many times, and also have to put up with a lot of the "I'm so fired up because I just paid $25,000 for a mentorship (which you don't find out about until later) and you should come invest all your money with me even though I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing!"

These houses are too old to be standing and full of toxins that cost a fortune to remediate.

I love the freedom a passive income provides.But the anti-landlord vibe in Portland has been enough to make me question the ethics of buying and renting more property.

Oh no who revived the overworked anti-wholesaler thread!

BP can be a bit anti wholesalers at time so ignore that.

I like Paula Pant's anti-budget theory: https://affordanything.com/ant...

Seems like an overall anti-str tone from the local governments. 

Remove the draconian anti-landlord legislation and I think you could see a return of many landlords and SFR's in particular.  11000 landlords quit Seattle in 2022, this is the number that has not renewed their rental registration.

I think the answer is, (especially in this anti-landlord climate), you'd have to be crazy to be a landlord.