And since I can force appreciation by improving my properties, why would I buy treasuries?

You should only consider switching when your current software has a significant flaw or lacks features that force you to spend excessive time on workarounds.

All of which drives down prices and forces good PMC's to cut corners to stay in business.

That is the purpose of contracts, to force people to honor their agreements.

You win the real estate game by never being a forced buyer or forced seller.

Was told they wouldn’t take my money because no one will forcefully remove someone at his age and mental state.

See, when you put someones back against the wall with T&M, you're forcing them to be sure they are "safe" in that material order because they know efforts to be accurate leave a good chance of being a bit short on this n that, and either you not reimbursing, or giving em hell on why there is additional "and then" items. 

its always a good idea to keep your thumb on the housing pulselook around your area and find rental compsthis way you know what is out there and where you are at when it comes to rentalsa little rent increase is not going to force someone to move, if it does then you may not of wanted that tenant anywayex-central AZ- 2/1 with garage-$825 10/162/1 with garage-$950 3/17this was the move that the market made this year in my areaenjoy

So, they're clueless as to how much time is actually required to PROPERLY manage a rental.On the other hand, when something goes wrong and takes a LOT of time to address, owners expect the PMC to cover it for NO ADDitional cost:(So, PMCs (at least the ones that want to stay in business and make money) are forced to try to average everything out.BTW, what do YOU think the 8-10% covers?

The GP got screwed and were force to buy the LPs shares at X$/share.