You can’t look at someone’s status as a teacher, counselor, Doctor, Mother Theresa.... or disabled veteran as a signal that they are above screwing you out of rent.

A possible thing to keep in mind, having been on three boards (and lived in and rented out condos, two currently) this does signal that non owner occupant rentals are on the board's radar. 

Evicting someone and them moving in to an apartment sends a stronger signal of "things are going to change".Knock on doors introduce and introduce yourself.

Afterward, closing to sign all the documents.Hopefully this will help you.Good luck.....

There seems to be two main arguments about seller's market/highly-priced markets in general: one is "buy low/sell high" and another is "this trend is going upwards, and so one should follow the trend until there are signals that state otherwise."

Also, the sheer volume of notices will send a strong signal that you are very serious and may break any thoughts they are having of dragging the situation out. 

I had to sign all sorts of documents saying I would live there.

The area is a C- to D+ but there are some strong signals that employment in the area will be increasing soon.Thanks,Dave

Thanks for the tip - I've used the feature before but apparently when you back space to change the name it breaks the Java Script(or whatever technique is used) behind it and doesn't look up anymore in Firefox on Mac until you delete the @ sign all together and type it over! 

According to the recently released Nationwide Health of the Housing Market Report, Philadelphia follows Pittsburgh, PA and Cleveland, OH as the top housing markets in nation.See links below for more information.http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nationwide-unveils-broad-measure-of-us-housing-landscape-that-signals-healthiest-outlook-since-2001-2015-03-31http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/where-are-the-healthiest-us-housing-markets/vi-AAajaf4?