I don't know how bad an area your rental is located but they will enter the property regardless of AC unit present or not if they want to steal and feel desperate.

How much depends on your desperation.

They all seem to be just kind of desperately hoping that I'll be willing to sell at 2017 prices.

I am desperately trying to get house #2 because my owner occupancy requirement stops after October (1 year after acquiring property) and was wondering on ways that you guys might have that I haven’t thought of.

Was looking to get more information from the experienced investors here in Bigger Pockets and would like to know if anyone has joined this group before and just looking for some general feedback for an inexperienced investor that desperately needs a mentor and more investors in my circle. 

I would encourage you to be pleasant to work with and accommodating without appearing as desperate to close the deal.

When I moved here it was reasonable, but because of the recent explosion in the market, I am forced to find more desperate ways of looking for a home.

There is no exception carved out for "I'm not selling real estate - I'm only marketing the contract" or any of the other BS excuses that wholesalers use to justify stealing equity from uninformed or desperate sellers.There is no end to commission-only jobs in the world. 

The results is denied applications, disappointment and desperation from tenants to find a place where they can move in because they are being pressed by a deadline.

She said she was desperate for a rental and, besides, this scammer told her he was doing "God's work" as a missionary (blah, blah, blah; a common ploy used around here) so of course she believed him.What I'm seeing (at least in my neck of the woods) are increasingly desperate people looking for a rental they can afford.Gail