Usually, incidents that are outliers are not ones that command lots of brain power, they need a simple business solution. 

The best way to verify is to call the active duty persons chain of command.

While there may be no {short-term} motivation to the landlord to strive for more efficiency, our experience is showing mid to long term gains in lower turnover, higher demand (mostly via word of mouth) and, more recently, the ability to command better rents.... however, we'll save that debate for one of the sustainability and efficiency threads :-)

As an added benefit, your residents will save on their hot water bills which means you can command slightly more rent- or your tenants will be slightly less likely to leave due to the lower utility bills.

If your location has multiple attributes that are key that other sites do not have the franchisee will be more forced to give in to your demands.At the end of the day as a developer you are looking to eventually sell off the income stream so the lease and guarantee is very important for commanded cap rate.

I'm curious, do you see properties in the Cleveland area costing $200k and commanding $1300 in rent? 

You may not be able to command higher rents for the best house on the block as the location impacts rents.Now, if you found a nice neighborhood where one home was damaged or say an old home where newer homes have been built around it (common where farms were sold for development and the old house was left) you may have a micro re-development opportunity.

In any sales (a convincing presentation) meeting you need to have command of the meeting, you need the right mind set to begin with, you are the expert, not them (doesn't mean to be arogant).

I have been, so far, disappointed with the work and pay that I have been able to command with my education in this market.

Workaround package should meet the commanders desk this week.