wouldn't mind being in your shoes.

I will not waste my time on an open house with curious neighbors, bored realtors and competing landlords.I am not afraid to adjust my asking price if I am concerned about losing out on a month's rent.I never follow up with a tenant- I don't want to shoe horn someone into one of my units and I don't adjust my standards, practices and rules.I have nice places, but even still- when a potential tenant shows up and they have to wait to be shown the unit because of others in line, it does something magical.Best of luck.

I concur with earlier comments (based on personal experience where I was in the Mom’s shoes).

If you were in his shoes, what would you do? 

I have read that according to RentRange rents for SFRs in Pittsburgh rose 12.6% and the average gross yield was over 15%.

At some point i was in your exact shoes (4 months ago to be exact), and i came to these forums to get all of my questions answered.

Sorry to hear about this bad situation.In your shoes I would do nothing that in any way benefited myself. 

It was a double blessing to get a new pair of shoes.

Its taxed EXACTLY the same as if you were making shoes. 

If you're on an elevator full of CPAs and EAs, the EAs will be the ones looking down at someone else's shoes.