Quote from @Christian Pichardo: Quote from @Caleb Brown: Should you cut your losses and move on?

On average, we see rates eventually drop to around 37% lower than where they started at the 1st cut by the end of the rate cut cycle.

Many tenants will cut their nose off to spite their face and move, rather than accepting a fair increase:(What does Zillow say the rent should be?

They successful cut taxes and loosened IRS enforcement. 

If they will "cut corners" by not getting licensed, how well will the quality of work be?

The only thing that keeps me from owning a house for my personal use is the baggage it comes with like maintenance, time and overhead costs.But I understand It'll cut costs and is something I should really think about.Thanks

Unfortunately, my service was cut short due to an injury during deployment, which required spine surgery.

can I find absentee owners and water cut off lists etc.. on PropStream?

We are trying to cut costs on the ones we are doing now, but still trying to keep the quality high. 

As mentioned take a smaller cut to complete a deal if necessary.