Providing clear instructions and specifications helps prevent misunderstandings and ensures that everyone is on the same page.

I wouldn't let the tenant-friendly ish policies in WA prevent me from being a landlord here. 

You probably won't get paid, but it should help knock her and hopefully prevent her from doing this to someone else.

If they allowed you to install a generic box for the address, what's to prevent everyone with a multi-family from doing the same and thereby adding hundreds or thousands of addresses to a city?

The banks have provided a number of reasons (they won't lend to missionaries, they don't like that asphalt doesn't come up to the house, etc...different reason for each bank). 

You do realize the market has stops in it to prevent trading in certain circumstances.

Your PM should have prevented this situation, imho.  

It's designed to prevent taxpayers from deducting passive losses against non-passive income, which often leads to situations like you've described.Your concern about potential double taxation on the $2,000 net income is valid.

Doing the right thing and treating good customers like good customers doesn't prevent you from making money - it will help you make money in the long run!

I believe it tends to give me a slightly lower return, because the sponsor is going to be more careful, and if there is a severe downturn will prevent me from taking catastrophic losses.