I am bummed.

I'll take the less stressful route, but I'm a little bummed that I'll never get that fist pumping excitement like the first one back.

(e)For profit, to induce or attempt to induce any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. 

My deductable is 2500 on the original PP of 305k and in 18yrs, two claims, one of which was for a tenant induced fire.

House had roof leak, and there was a bum living there with a pitbull.

This really bums me out, as I just hate to let these rotten apples ruin my belief that even a brand new trial user should be allowed to use everything we offer.

If you get a bum tenant you still have the lease, but there's also tenant screening to fire them before they even get the apartment.  

I don't think the people I'm thinking of are scammers, so much as cringe-inducing self-promoters.  

Currently we have a covid induced shortage of inventory (sellers are hesitant) and buyers are driving up prices in bidding wars.

My recommendation is to keep the 'face rent' the same and offer incentives, like free rent; HOWEVER, I suggest amortizing the free rent over the rental period to lessen the cash flow impact.For example, in these cases I always favor a 13 month term with the 13th month free and that one month is spread out over the 13 month lease term.Here is an example: Monthly Rent: $800Inducement: $800 (one month free)Inducement per month: $61 ($800 / 13 months)Net rent: $739Hope that helps.R Sean