Or like @Patrick Drury when your car breaks down, be your own mechanic!

Usually tenants will come to you in recessionary times about a break in rent. 

One of the bits of info they share is percentages of listings at various price points, and "below $1200" is one of those break points.

You could hear breaking glass and things falling out of the ceiling ( HVAC stuff ).

The overhead is high though, so considering selling as it really just breaks even at the end of the day.

In my opinion investors buy properties with break even or negative cash flow and hope for large appreciation are taking a gamble.

And if they're smart they can maybe get a tax break for it, if they can show a loss on paper.

Mortgage Guarantee Fee: this is why the acquisition fee is lower, they break it up.

We're coming into the holiday months with Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year.

But the way I see it is that, in general, someone who is new to the business and is looking to break in and grow will have barriers that can likely drive them out of REI.If it were up to me, I would just let the market dictate the rents and it will find equilibrium on its own.