Is there potential for AI and robotics to mitigate the impact of this trend by filling workforce gaps and maintaining or increasing productivity? 

@Kong Yong Get in your car, drive down every street in your target market, write down the address of the houses that look like they are in bad shape, get on property records and finding the mailing address of the owner, mail them....

If it was in bad shape already and her dog made it worse...I'd pay a larger percentage.Talk to a flooring company (not a big box store) and ask them what they'd recommend. 

Generally speaking, as crime rates trend down, the demand ratio often trends upward, but it is not a given. 

Assess historical data on property appreciation, rental income trends, and market stability.

Purchase price: $70,000 Sale price: $210,000 Purchased this property from family of the deceased owner , it was in bad shape and was full of cats and debris .

I had discussions with a co-worker all bent out of shape that his landlord who had a duplex, takes the gas bills, and divides it by half, and have him pay his share.

The long term trend is clear, upward.  

I have noticed a trend over the pasts 10 years where more and more of the people have zero involvement in the day-to-day operations of the property and are only raising money.  

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