Let's just say compliance officers have a hard enough time educating their employers about compliance, so educating investors who don't already know about it, nearly impossible.  

It's really simple; when ya don't know what to do or how to do it HIRE and employ those who do. 

Your strategy takes advantage of your employment cash flow and ability to control discretionary spending.  

A proper vetting process - background, employment, credit, and reference checks - will weed out 99% of problem tenants. 

I would also look at employment/unemployment statistics, and get a good sense of who the biggest employers are in an area. 

I do not know how they are handling new customers verse the Midland existing customers.Regarding the customer service it seems the people I dealt with are still employed and only my "personal rep" as it were, was promoted and another took her place.

For example, population growth, employment rates, rent-to-price ratio, rental demand, etc. 

Not a ton of young professionals except in government roles (Carson City's largest employment option), or if they want a slower pace but are still willing to commute to Reno. 

I am a self employed residential general contractor.

If you’ve got strong tenant demand, proximity to top employers, or even access to public transit, you’re laying a solid foundation.