I haven't seen decreased rents in my area, but rent growth has slowed.

@Joshua SmithOne is never prepared enough, don't let that slow you down.

Urged them to make a withdrawal and pay the tax penalty because this program, training, education will change their life.

I would withdraw my offer immediately and look for a new renter.

When you have 4 units in one building each year you bump rents up $100 the building now brings in $4800 net higher this adds up fast over time and with single families the ratios are very different.Stocks can be nice and I keep some money in VTI but it is very slow gains compared to my real estate holdings, you are right in how stress free it is.

As a real estate broker, I tend to see activity slow down in the late fall and winter months. 

We are in a reverse frog boil environment  - Instead of boiling to death slowly they raised IR so fast that people are unsure/unclear when it's a good time to come back in - they will more than likely lower rates 1/8 to 1/4 point at a time, incredibly slow to allow the market drip back to normal preventing a surgeI'm also seeing people drop $5,600,000 in cash to $13,000,000 in cash like it's nothingCash rules down in florida even on 889K deals 

Which means we will start to slow down in late July, and then enter the winter slow season in October.Assuming rates remain above six percent, I’m guessing the spring market will kick back up in February.

How fast or slow that is depends on your market and price. 

It has been slow moving trend, with ups and downs, but its encouraging to see a stable downtrend.