For us real estate investors / landlords, insurance premiums mean cash flow compression, resulting in the unfortunate fact, passing on some of that cost on in the form of rent increases to our residents.

Investors just need to get more creative as the market compresses like this.

They will still use local vendors so your costs won't compress because of their nationwide presence. 

The two most common ways that a beam can fail are due to compression (ie load being more than capacity) , and due to moment forces (load being more than capacity). 

It's called cap rate compression, and while it's great for investors it's also outside of our control.Cap rates are really a metric for what the market is willing to pay for current and future cash flows.

Cap rates are really low (compressed) now, so you’re really paying  a premium.

So even though you are still above a 1 DSCR, most of the profits typically come from the exit on the MF asset, which hopefully the rent increases have allowed the NOI to increase to offset some of the cap rate compression.

Class A Core Multifamily cap rates are too compressed, you will have to look at Class B and C properties to get a meaningful ROI above your debt costs2.

Ice, vinegar, lemon peels, bleach treatment for garbage disposer.Inspect septic tank if you have one.Ceiling light fixtures and fans probably have dead mosquitoes and other bugs up there, clean that glass shade or at least use a compressed air canister to blow them out.

In addition, they are a highly desired asset class, which further increases competition to purchase these assets.That has forced cap rates on self storage facilities to compress to really low levels in the 3% to 6% range in most cases.