Some of these cities have harsh penalties about them.

I don't mean it in a harsh way...

If you would like to keep the property at market rent, without concerning the tenant with too harsh of an increase, you could also provide a credit back to the tenant each month.

That may sound harsh, but the weak get eaten in this business. 

That seems pretty harsh to me and utterly ridiculous when she's never been more than 20 days late..

I may have been a little harsh on Dayton but I do prefer metropolitan areas with stronger economic and demographic fundamentals. 

I know some of you will see this as harsh killing them but that is the law here in KY at least and I'd assume most places as well.

I am new to the forum and tried searching for similar info and got frustrated when initial search with 3-4 words results in nothing found (a few did) – certainly not as helpful as Google (might be too harsh).

If that's a bit harsh, then congratulations you just had your first mentoring moment.

Your capital expenditures over 5-10 years will almost certainly wipe out all of your income, especially in environments that experience harsh winters.