I don't see how you could stop this unless you have good connections in this industry and can really attract that talent away from your competitor. 

I love when a customer shows me a competitors bid and tells me " Beat this price and the job is yours"    ..........  

Its quite nice actually, though now we have competitors around the corner like:http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/apa/1102426928.htmlThe guy across the street from me that is a good comparison to my property lowered his rents to $1900 and has had his place on the market for about 2 weeks.

Xero, a Quickbooks competitor, has a less expensive "GL Only" version, but it's only for accountants.Zoho Books is cheaper than Quickbooks and probably can do packages (I've used it as part of Zoho One, NOT on its own).AccountingSeed, a Salesforce native accounting package (but can be bought without Salesforce) can do multi-business roll-ups and track multiple journals, but it's dramatically more expensive than QBO.I think Netsuite would suit your needs, but also more expensive.I will say that "Many LLC Books" problem has been an issue with EVERYONE with the move to Cloud.

.- You can't compare 2023 to what happen in 1950 LOLIn 1950 India just got independence, in 2023 India is putting their man to the moonWhat does it mean is that USA as country has the whole new competitor in the world, in all area, so US is no longer the big supremacy in the world- there's educational democratization in the world where any other country could overlap US in anything esp tech landscape, even South Korea could produce more sophisticated semiconductor than the US- If you think one guy can change the world, that's so 1938 paragdigm.- I guess you'd guys start educating among yourself how to make young people in this country going to unversity again, with good and cheap price LOL

I'm landlord and investor friendly I only charge what I feel I have in the jobs & all customers pays my discount prices I dont mark up on materials like my competitors do.

Look at your competitors and see if they're A. simply better than you B. not booked either or C. cheaper than you.

I would suggest that you get on Airbnb, VRBO or whatever other site you will be using and check out the pricing and furnishing set up of your direct competitors in the area. 

You are charging $1500/2bd but your competitors are charging $1450/2bd complete with en-suite washer and dryer.

We're at the beginning.Few suggestions for research:http://www.airdna.co/#_l_bp Airbnb gives an estimate (I average the two).Pricelabs.co - I use it to automate all my pricing, but you can use it to get some of the airdna info for free, and spy on your competitors (you just pay to hook up your place, to your account).If anyone needs some advice / has any questions, feel free to message me.