Maybe they've been burned by landlords in the past and are being very careful.You can legally reject them based on personality, facial tattoos, body odor, or other factors, but you better make sure you can prove that it wasn't based on any protected class like race, religion, familial status, etc.

I got burned by someone on BP before too who was licensed but still raised price significantly mid project and started trying to bill for every little extra thing he could think of.

Strategies that use hope, is how people get burned, bad. 

If you’re trying to do everything yourself that is a sure fire way to burn out.

I had listened to Jorge on podcasts before I invested and know that he had misfortunes in another business which he detailed in Burn Zones. 

The old guard gets burned out and retires.

Some, after they got burned by another PMC.#1 problem?

I would argue that they are young so they haven't been burned by bad landlords or even know how to take advantage of the system.

I don't see big 5%+ rent increases happening until 2027 as it will take a while to burn off all of the supply.

Up until then I was cheerleading the earlier thought experiments about supporting lean/regular/fat income with ~$1000 / month per paid off SFH, thinking “I could bang that out in 5 years”.