But I find the pressure to do so at about the five year mark helpful.

. - if the city water pressure is low in your area you might need a fire pump which could double the cost of your sprinkler system.

I have kept the rent relatively low for this tenant for 7 years due to the ongoing pity story and pressure from the management.

But to your point, there is a pressure within society, as a whole, the be positive.  

The financial effect will be short-term earnings pressure for the interim period between defaults and modification, forbearance or refinance.

But he was trying to pull a classic move—waiting until the last moment to pressure us into lowering our fee, thinking that we’d be desperate to close and agree to his terms.But here’s the thing: We weren’t.Instead of giving in to his renegotiation tactics, we told him no.

If the broker has admitted that the fence and security guard clause wasn't supposed to be in there, I'd start putting pressure on them and make your situation widely known. 

I run my own small pressure washing/handyman business on the side while I was working full time over the summer doing plumbing and electrical.

Like a lot of new investors you are probably feeling pressure to acquire real estate which can unfortunately lead to bad investment decisions.

Get a job working at a bar a few nights a week, buy a pressure washer and go door knocking to pressure wash driveways and decks (for example, does not have to be that), and be an agent that hustles, works open houses, goes to RE meetups, networks like crazy, and learns a lot.