Pet fees and deposits are collected incase of damages made to the property that are not ordinary wear and tear. 

Yes, it’s still a seller’s market.Depending on who you ask, it’s either a return to normal and everything is going to be great again, or the last gasp at the top of a market cycle before the unemployment/stimulus runs out.Nearly everyone agrees that taxes are going to have to go up to pay for all of the government rescue programs.What kind of taxes and how it affects RE remains to be seen, but it’s not usually good - particularly if they target 1031 exchanges, alter the RE depreciation schedules, eliminate the 25K loss that can be taken against ordinary income, etc.Similarly, we won’t know the effects of the mortgage forbearance programs, and eviction suspensions in some states, until later this year.But for right now, yes, things still look pretty good out there (if you’re selling, anyway).

Cash loses value, equity markets readjust, real estate readjust long term ordinary po people are in a bad spot.

I'm particularly drawn to SFH's because they are easier to sell as ordinary people buy them, not only investors.

Nothing out of the ordinary...yet.

Offer to rent them all from her for $800 a month and to take responsibility for ordinary maintenance like clogged sewers, leaking faucet, servicing the furnace, etc. 

Stace,Keep in mind that REITs will generate ordinary income, taxed at your personal tax rate (W-2) where syndication offers more tax advantaged options in general. 

I have a relationship with the banks and my bankers so they do some things out of the ordinary for me when it comes to lending - which is something a bank can do in commercial banking which is where we're at in real estate.

Real Estate is getting more and more accessible to the ordinary person, and we all benefit when that happens. 

That doesn’t sound like something out of the ordinary.