It also gives you stability in the event of market downturns or unexpected expenses, allowing you to lower rents if needed without feeling financial pressure.The alternative leveraging more with 20% down—would allow you to acquire properties more quickly, accelerating your cash flow goal.

True, there is tax court if they go against you, but for the most part that's not a realistic alternative.

Or of any alternative strategies to make this work?

If it’s not required by law, you might ask why it’s being done now and if there are alternative ways to address the concern.Going forward, consider setting a clear spending threshold with your property manager.

Alternatively, you would need to drop your rents by $500 or more to have the same impact on your cashflow and your value.

The owner has agreed to give up this access if he can secure alternative access but has been running into issues with the City of Redding.

The only approach I’ve found effective is offering a deposit alternative, which lowers upfront costs for tenants without devaluing your property.

Hi Ben, I'm way new to this and I'm not as far along as you are, but I wanted to say I can relate to feeling alternately encouraged and then like my dreams might be unattainable.

Are there any repair alternatives we should look into?  

I'm looking for alternative software.