Between my photo copies of government ID, lease where they initial and sign all over, and the signed application with all of their personal information which I verified through a background check, I think it may be difficult for them to succeed with this.I feel a tenant should always pay the credit card fees. 

Hello BP, I'm a new Multifamily Investor in San Antonio and I'm looking at properties in Government Hill and Denver Heights. 

US stock market, aka MAG-7, have outperformed 12% to 9.5% with REITs in last 10 yrs and even more strongly in last 5 years at 15.7% to 10.3%, perhaps this will continue but the sp500 currently with a 34.4 Shiller PE, which is much higher than in October of 1929, and that wasn't the best time to start investing, please read the following 1 article and then the graphs/tables, There are also multiple academic studies at the European real estate research site EPRAREITs vs.

Also make sure you research any local government / municipal STR restrictions.

Like so many topics in the building/housing space, there are two valid sides to all of these coins, and finding where equilibrium is between those sides is a very difficult job for our governing bodies.

A lot of money was made the last few years that is not normal and that is what happens when the government prints $6 trillion.

I do not believe the government should be able to mandate a change to existing contracts.  

Are you researching these properties to find those with abnormally high eviction levels, involuntary liens, various government code violations or what?  

This needs more coverage to combat the stereotype that landlords are all greedy and need government regulation!

Technology creates more efficient markets and I suspect that has shifted the business more towards using technology and marketing to hit singles consistently rather than home runs. massive government actions created record inflation, high interest rates, and a host of other consequences to REI and other areas of life