I am a 1st time house hacker and my tenants which were also teammates were signed to a lease from Aug of last year to July of this year. Since it’s now summer and they all moved back home and are also graduating they ...

I'll def try posting on our local neighborhood social page to get folks in the area upset about it.

To avoid escrow delays and tenant upset, I decided to stick with the prior management company.  

If we just sent a notice with increased rent he might have been upset with us, which usually results in a more expense turn for us after he moves out. 

I read this entire thread and it really upsets me.

Perhaps one day when I know more industry professionals those deals might make sense, but for me, avoiding a big project with uncertain timelines and budgets was a huge victory.

I am not "upset", I have "moved on" & my real estate career is doing well.  

I have to temper my responses all the time, yet I still upset people because they misread what I've written, or they misread my intent.

You say that you want to be hands off and let the PM handle things, but then you're upset they won't give you a copy of a letter?

This property is ugly as-is, and some people truly get upset by an ugly house when they're renting it shorter term, as though it's some reflection on them personally.Good news is that you can paint those ugly rocks and brick the same color, and make it look WAY better.