Still today, most every competitor of ours has blatantly or partially launched their services based on Carrot... but Carrot still crushes the competition in most every measureable performance indicator... because of my intentional focus to just outserve our clients.

Rates are a measurement of risk for the lender and there are some people who cash out and stop paying the mortgage.

Interesting that you can know there's deferred maintenance on every property in Peoria without seeing them in person.I'm doing well, thanks, there's no house of cards that's about to fall and I'm not gonna get into a, er, manhood-measuring contest about numbers of properties.Like I said, you do you.Hope you have a great day.

No accountability measures but a whole lot of self-promotion.

More units means more things could go wrong.So, while I agree with Greg, that if you are in growth mode and want to get to 100 or 200 or 1,000 units (although unit count is not the best measure of success) then more debt with longer amortization is going to help you get there faster.   

These measures will not only improve the quality of life for residents but also reduce the dependence on cars, which is particularly important for those without access to private vehicles.

I'd suggest digging into the exact dollar amounts on a monthly and annual basis rather that measuring by rate percentages.

However, these walk throughs are fool-proof, it's just a measure to check in on the property.

Artificial limits that aren't based in reality have the negative unintended consequences that end up doing the opposite of what the "advocates" and politicians claim will happen.Third, and this has been the crux of the whole issue for me, let's just look at real examples of what has happened when "rent control" (which can take many forms not just the threat of using tax breaks) measures have been implemented. 

I've even had a Vietnamese co-worker who doesn't speak much English mention a business venture together, teaching what I do. ( Coordinate Measuring machine programmer - Zeiss Calypso and gears.)Unless I become very wealthy fast, the plan is to move to a tropical place for a while.