The concensus so far is that I should write more toward something like Brandon suggested where I can devise a model to forecast future growth and the current state of our real estate market since they want something more academic/statistical/econometric.

It is hard for people to break their employee/self employed mindset and to think like a business owner/ investor.Now that we have our first tenants and everything is going smoothly one of our biggest detractors (my father inlaw) now wants to help us look for our next property and even is trying to convince his gf to do what we did.Be brave, be prepared and follow through and those voices will change their tunes.

Your PM is your voice with those customers.

How is your voice?

It is possible to retrofit an apartment with a smart lock, video doorbell, smart thermostat, voice and app controlled lights, smart interconnected smoke alarms etc.,  How much rent premium will your tenants pay?

LOLI agree with the business angles voiced by everyone, it's the conduct and motive displayed.

I had no problem getting tenants and no one who filled out the app even voiced any concern over the issue.

This might not be news to some of you but I just started using an iPhone App called "Dream Voice".

I need to finish setting up voice over software so I can talk instead of type when I post to save myself from typos.

But I reserve the right to voice my opinion.