This gradual increase is a sign of steady growth and stability.Dollar Volume: A 4.2% rise in dollar volume, climbing from $476,796,279 to $496,793,638.

The restriction on rentals that they put up for a vote would have been steep and abrupt: no grandfathering current owners, no gradual phase-in, nothing to mitigate what would have been a great deal of forced investment-home sales in what would have been fairly brief period of time.

Gradually increase the rent or be flexible in terms of them moving giving them time to find a new place without penalty of breaking a lease.

Build your team as you go and start small, gradually adding to your portfolio.

Not to say real estate wont gradually appreciate, but for gradually appreciating illiquidity with capex risk, there are better investments out there. 

Should the housing market correct, this may not be the most opportune time to go 100% in as an investor with no parachute or back-up plan.It is best to get into the business gradually and expand when you are able.

So the friend contributing the least upfront would own the least stake at first and would gradually buy more into it as they paid the most monthly to build up equity into the project.

Once they've proven themselves, consider gradually increasing hours, offering incentives (i.e. bonuses) then lastly, increasing the hourly rate.** These are all rough #'s.

Raising the rents gradually to $1600 for 3B units and $1300 for 2B units seems reasonable, especially considering the significant gap between the current rents and the fair market rates in your area.

Decided I liked the property management business the best, moved to AZ in 2011, gradually sold all of my rentals in Minnesota, flipped a couple more in Mesa while getting my Real Estate license to do property management.