The same week move in seemed curious to me, most people don't wait to start e-mailing potential roommates until a week before moving if the know they have to be out of their apartment within a week, but I figured maybe that last minute routine was more normal in roommate situations.

The appeal wears off and most of the tenants that like that type of thing, seem to go to a gym where they can be part of a workout routine with a group. 

I appreciate it and will definitely take pieces to apply to my daily/weekly routine.

Look out for other members here who routinely post and other articles/blogs that reference their methods of analyzing a prospective deal. 

The business licensing process is simple and routine. 

Buyers routinely show proof of $500k when buying $80k properties.....it's just a non issue.

Capital expenditures should not be confused with your routine maintenance / repair cost but rather an expense simply related to things wearing out and needed replacement.

Secondary to that is what @Ryan Murdock mentioned where owners routinely wish to keep deposit funds they aren't entitled to and then the PM is left to face the tenant and courts alone.

I wasn't falling for their routine but was considering them.

You must understand what they need and will consider as the norm before you can ever sell them on your abilities of being creative and increasing value in any transaction.We have a lot of "pitch" men or women in real estate, we have the get rich gurus, deal makers and many will use a pitch or slogan like, "find the deal the money will come" but that's really not true. 1. real deals are made, not found and 2. they generally lack entrepreneurial skills as they follow a system or routine, they don't really understand what is in the box before they try to think out of it.The fact is, you need to learn real estate, understand what it is that you have to offer, where value comes from for what you have to bargain with, show and demonstrate your knowledge, your entrepreneurial skills.