They are legally supposed to disclose what they (apparently) know.Why would you be in favor of their continuing to flout the law and hurt consumers?

One last point: remember that the main underlying reasons for all this regulation --- at least on its face --- is to protect the tenants and ordinary consumers.

Kids are messy, expensive and time consuming.

No such thing as accelerating a mortgage due to loss in value on a consumer real estate transaction.

1-bed apartment building unit won't be $800 unless it's really fancy.Downtown luxury rentals are exception but it's a different market.However, you still will feel the difference between $3-4K rentals and $800's - PM will be much more time consuming. 

Nearly all of the content I consumed on my own was about real estate.

Paint may not cost much, but painting is time consuming and labor intensive.Countertop: It's hard to say from your description. 

This is also something that many real estate agents do not like to do, it can be very time consuming and will lead to a lot of rejections.  

I have consumed so much of time trying to read and watch youtube videos on the residential side of things (to the point I think I am suffering from information overload and absolutely need to just DO it). 

Been consuming all the guides and podcasts I can!