When I called to inquire, they hinted that there's ways to get around this.

If you contact multiple realtors and find that many are using the same inspector, that hints at that inspector being good (or good at marketing).

I am nervous going through with this process because I am a very hands on with my current rental and keep it to a high standard.I am open to any and all helpful hints. 

to get a sense of what we could actually maybe expect to happen, in response to rising rates (hint: the academic consensus is what happened).

Really awful advice that may result in you being able to close on the property (hint: what they want) more easily but comes with a huge cost post-closing (massive interest payments/fees/risk).

You've got a little over a month before the Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas season begins, hint hint!

She said that she hinted that I could raise the price but she didn't want to pressure me at that time.

The other tenant may be hinting at an early exit but why anticipate something that hasn’t happened yet?

The fact that your perception of the area was of it being a less than ideal location and it took “boots on the ground” to change the perception, hints that this is still in the early stages.

(No hint of hoarderism)3.