If rents go up 20% in a market, then it isn't unreasonable to do a market rate adjustment at a lease renewal.

I think I have an unreasonable expectation of capital I need before I start.

I'd argue that they over charge for that inconvenience, but it seems to be par for the course.Assuming the 8-property portfolio consists of scattered sites, that's $500 per building, which isn't unreasonable.

One of the brothers was in the picture for a while and he wanted to make an unreasonable amount of money for his share, on a house that is about to fall down, and that he's done nothing about since the mother died. 

I guess my thought was that there's pretty much only one way for rates to go from here (not counting negative rates) so why not lock it in for 30 years (not with an unreasonably high rate, of course).

. ;-)#2 Seems a bit high but not totally unreasonable, but then again I never checked the Costa Mesa area for that.#3 Good question, actually never had to do that as it was either handled by the HOA fees and/or the tenants paying it.

No fault of theirs; the market is just moving unreasonably fast where I am right now.

While the Board reviews the Working Group's recommendations, rents continue to spiral upward, making it necessary for us to take action to protect tenants from unreasonable rent increases and evictions without just cause before we have had the opportunity to fully deliberate on and adopt permanent tenant protection policies, such as a rent stabilization program.

The philosophy "if they accept your first offer you paid too much" makes a lot of sense as long as you're not unreasonable and you nail one now and then.So if all other pieces of the puzzle (area, condition, rents, etc.) are okay, is it reasonable to start at 70% or 75%?

Do we have some crook, shady type, paranoid type, unreasonable or uniformed unreasonable type?