Smart owners ONLY pay a leasing commission for initial primary term of lease and not in options forever (perpetuity) as on ongoing cost.

I no longer need to pay Oregon state income tax and get no write off for it.. so its income tax  family and tired of the northwest winters.. perpetual grey and rain for 8 months of the year  LOL... well not rain drizzle really. 

if you can't "stereotype" (the good version of this word, not the negative junk) a group then you can't approach the group. 

No one has repurposed that stuff, but short of new supply, office is just perpetual.

The neighbor lady had the usual stereotypes in her head: renters are bad, they are cheap and live like slobs, they neighborhood is going down the drain.

It is comforting, especially to anxious first-time buyers, to meet us and see that we are professional and thorough, and not just the stereotypical greedy investors.

But, if I'm easy to work with, it's mainly because I am trying to avoid being a perpetual tire kicker.

@Mike Adams I´m not sure if you meant it this way, but insinuating that your broken door or a belief that they won´t treat your place well relates to  their income level is very inaccurate, bias and stereotypical.

I've spoken to and watched many people make money and have successful careers right where I'm looking, spurning the stereotypical thought of "Why can't I too?"

My experience makes me believe that most of the real hard-line, no exceptions types on BP do not have a whole lot of high level business experience, and so they get their conception of what "business-like" means from a combination of stereotype and wishful thinking.Frankly, I think the reason you don't want other landlords to compromise is that when your competition compromises, it makes it harder for you to hold a hard line.I would rather work with good tenants who experience one of life's little bumps than deal with a vacancy.