@Mashika Patrick as a semi local investor who also has some mobile homes, I would question your market rent level? I

I own a two story SFH in the Bay Area and the upper level is all original hardwood.

(Plus on a personal level, I am fully behind their personal issues as I think it'll make a massive improvement to their life.)I'm not going broke over this, they are a great tenant, of course I'll cut them slack.I think it's a personal decision whether to stand behind your tenant with or without a large knife.

The dogs are allowed on my lease, and expecting perfection of me on any level is unreasonable.

I don't know at what base level I have to start off for explaining all this.

I have spoken with them and mentioned what I found and left it high level. I

Personally, if someone applies-- I always call them, and hope to talk, but there have definitely been times even after applying, people don't even call you back, which shows the interest level. I

Secondly a return prepared at the partner level is going to cost somewhere between $150-$200/hour in our area.

I have seen so many multifamilies on the market with very irrelevant actual rent, e.g. monthly total rent of 2500 but asking for 500k. if you apply the 4% annual rent increase, then to achieve 1% rule it will take about 18 years.for other benefits such as depreciation paper loss, appreciation, principal paydown, I kinda agree with you but in my central NJ area most of the multifamily buildings are about 100 years old or more, so they may need consistent maintenance. so the depreciation may be a real loss, not a paper loss. and the appreciation and principal paydown increase are not the same as single family homes, but more like commercial real estate, which value is defined by the discounted future cash flow. but the price level is too high for its meager cash flow, so very hard to justify the future appreciation. sorry for ranting here but those are what I need for any expert's advice. let us keep going on this conversation.

I sometimes feel like I'm on an island and would love to form a small group of "co-workers" who would enjoy the occasional get together / coffee / brainstorming so we can help each other move to the next level. I