Because no one can predict when someone will become motivated.

Short term, assuming the real estate lobby doesn't sue this to keep delaying/appealing, once it goes into effect there will be no more broker fees paid by tenant *unless they hire the broker*Some long term effects I can predict already: - Landlords now having to absorb broker fees will bake this into the rent (e.g. how "no fee" units typically are priced a little higher than other units) - Real estate board will require another document (or checkbox) for tenants to sign stating that they're hiring the listing broker and responsible for compensating them for their fee *if* they apply and are approved- Regular New Yorkers will have an even harder time to find an apartment because you cannot legislate/regulate away a housing crises... 

First, you would need to subtract allowances for repairs and vacancies (a necessary prediction).

Worst case is hard to predict of course but I guess you end up losing the place or paying them a lot of money as in cash for keys.How would you handle maintenance?

LTR offers predictable cash flow, less management, and lower income.

I couldn't help but predict that it would have some effect on my job.  

This property was originally a fixer-upper that I finally brought to a point where it is in good condition, has good tenants and good, predictable cash-flow.

Hey investors, I'm the new Market Intelligence Analyst here at BiggerPockets, and I'm developing a way to predict the future "path of progress" for a given market.

There are too many variables to get any kind of meaningful prediction.

But obviously when your in the hardcore hood you can't really predict returns all that consistently.