Steel went up due to Covid and shipments from China being decreased along with shipping backups.Lumber went up due to import/tariff issues by the US with Canada.

The room has a bunk bed that looks like a pirate ship and an old world desk and pirates chest.

You know, how they the only ship that doesn't sail is partnership.

Some landlords pay and ship monthly from Amazon, but too often I see those piled up in the closet or garage and never changed.   

What are some things I should have ready and how would the change of landlord-ship and new lease best be implemented?

They keep it on their books, so you will have to send them your personal financial statements annually so they can make sure you are still able to pay and are running the ship properly.

I use to live in a shipping container while deployed in Afghanistan.

Now you can cross out -no assets  -$20 minimum wage 9-5 job ---> I was in this scenario, I looked for in-house opportunities, and vertically grew my skill set , received few raises, and knew my market to jump ship to continue to grow my income and value in such field.

The rising tide should benefit all the ships in the harbor, but those professionals I mentioned, their salaries aren’t rising at the same rate the home prices are.

I have seen those and numerous others, including the plan in 1996 to run underground conduits from Addicks to the Ship Channel that was never funded.