As other people have mentioned, does it increase risk of being rent controlled down the road?

Brother B could be convinced to see things my way but has had some financial strains lately so it might be an uphill battle. 5)My mom is in memory care and did not do any end-of-life planning so my brothers and I are footing the cost of her care.

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I can mark it up with a fee or by increasing the rate (or both, but I never do).

I want to give them the benefit of the doubt they are just struggling with staffing but now have seen some red flags that lead me to believe there might also be some type of deceit/fraud and possible financial trouble.

The seller does get benefits, but they aren't necessarily financial.

The allowable rent increase is not typically the big issue with rent control, the bigger issue is getting rid of poor tenants that pay their rent.

It even states that the lease “will repeat itself” but doesn’t specify terms like figures or percentages for rent increases.

If you think about it in any industry less transparency and more friction in the transaction will increase fees/commission vs reducing them.I like the idea as an investor of having different agents, a team of agents maybe 3-4 bringing me deals, but I think less of that will happen now as all will have to have you sign some kind of agreement up front. 

Pros - guaranteed rent, tenants stay longer on averageCons - more mgmt needed (lease violations), they tend to not take great care of properties (increase maintenance expense or deferred maintenance)