I'd recommend interviewing multiple PM's and seeing which one fits your style and expectations.

Major employers like JP Morgan and AT&T are pushing for these policies as well, and specifically in the D.C. region, Amazon HQ2, the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority, and the Executive Branch of the government have required all employees to return to work 5 days a week at those locations.Fundamental Lack of Residential SupplyAnother interesting driver of demand is the fundamental lack of supply of housing stock due to the fallout effects of the 2008 housing crisis, slowdowns in housing construction during Covid-19 primarily in 2020, and a good amount of 2021 from supply chain issues, labor shortages, and rising construction costs.

It might be that this couple that owns the house is just getting their feet wet with having someone else managing the property and they want to get comfortable with your management style as being what they want.

That's just straight up Bull-S%#t. 

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Safer assets like a T-Bill allow you to borrow 96% of the value where blue chip stocks like Apple are at 70%.

What is not helpful is the assumption that some responders made that the root cause is the PM's communication style was not to my "liking".

Let’s say your filed of expertise is purchasing c type apartment t complexes and upgrading them to b, then holding to stabilization and once stabilized offering for sale.  

It was a 1962, ranch-style house with blocked galvanized pipes and a busted water heater!

Than I thought it was all the things that could go wrong in the flip, hidden gems like K&T hidden in the walls, shot main-lines, etc.....