Government will never succeed in "making" anything cheaper.

Economic base is also diverse (tech, education, government, healthcare).

But I still believe we have a huge supply and demand issue and the government needs to do something to spur new construction.

Joe These days a lot of local governments have the records online.

As in real cash backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government, however shaky that may seem ;)

To address this, we verify the property owner per government records and use this information to vetimposters.Anything that seems suspicious will lead to us requesting an acceptable Letter of Explanation toaddress.Analyze IncomeMany landlords require a month of paystubs from applicants and just use these to calculate a monthly qualifyingincome.

Luckily, it's directly spelled out in our governing documents that assessment debt can't be passed from previous owners to new owners. 

I finally decided to close the doors mainly because the unit used was not available anymore, but also because the regulations got stricker and stricker over time.Now, if you want to use your 2-4 as an STR, you need to show proof that you are living in the unit you are renting by sharing a government-issued ID with that exact unit or your tax exemption form.If you have a building over 5 units, it's a bit easier but still challenging ( you can rent up to 25% of the units out for airbnb)...the few people I know that are successful are NOT the owners of the building, but more so the operator of the airbnb unit aka str arbitrage

The government auto deposits the rest of the rent directly into my account the first of every month

As a local government executive I was sued twice (in my capacity as city manager), have been sued once by an insurance company (abrogation effort) and once by a private individual (stepdaughter in car accident in my vehicle).