My first metric of weight I consider is CAP-X.

The idea of doing the gradual rate decreases is to have a gradualness to the market fluctuates. 

The good ones are worth their weight in gold, but does the license make them magically smarter?

Not knowing anything else about the future this keeps your pro forma not overly weighted one way or another.

(They paid a handyman $150 to put the weight back on the kitchen sink faucet line!

The new owner will be able to decide if they will gradually raise rents to market or have tenants move-out, renovate and mark-to-market.

I agree with the above posts - it's in the turnkey company's best interests to jack up rents to increase their projected ROI.As a general rule, I do not trust a single projection value any seller offers as they're nearly always weighted in favor of the seller.Zillow is a great way to check rent comps.

That has to hold some weight I’d hope.

(list type, breed approx weight & age)Have you ever had reoccurring problems with your current landlord?

For raising rents, you can do it gradually and possibly keep the tenant, or you can do it all at once and at that price increase you'll likely lose them.