And tenants have many tactics to slow down the process.

I love Dubai and I will continue to live here for many years to come, but the developers need to be slowed down

Most times you can be pretty safe estimating an hour for this, but if your property is in a rural area or a heavily congested urban area with slow-moving traffic, you may need to be realistic about it taking longer.BTW: you should be realistic about a Service Call fee even for little jobs.

And, the longer you wait to act, the longer the squatter stays - and even gains some legal protections to stay while your waiting on a slow court system to act on an eviction. 

On the other hand, what if you get hit with a slow year and have $0 profit?

Would you say Cleveland is more of a long-term play with steady and slow growth? 

I've stuck with the tried and true reasons I've heard to keep my search ranking high (quality photos, stellar reviews, updates to my listing) and that helps but in slow season, when I'm not willing to cut my rates as much as some of my competitors, it can be a ghost town.  

I would not start paying off properties (if at all) until you are done buying as it will slow you way down. 

The Shoals is a great place to settle down and take life slow.

The PE investment feeding frenzy that started up 15 years ago as TOH parks started getting gobbled up is starting to slow as supply tightens.