We've been steadily working on that and it reflects in our numbers.

I started at $1800, then steadily dropped it and now it's at $1575.

I’ve had exceptionally low vacancies and have been able to steadily increase rents without losing good tenants.I think the biggest downfall of the area is lower appreciation.  

My goal is to manage properties long term while I steadily invest in properties myself.I live in Los Angeles and have been applying for Leasing consulting positions but many places seem to require a real estate license.

Home prices have steadily rose with the rest of the state (probably from retirees from down south).

We owned it 10 years, did very little to it by design & the assessment had tripled by the time we sold it, for way less than the assessed value.I see in some of the southern states tax assessments are doubling & a friend in TX tells me his tax assessment has risen 200% over the last few years. 

It also misses the fact that the property taxes and insurance landlords pay have significantly risen the last five years so they have less margin to lower rents and still stay afloat.

The market has risen in recent years, but there are still other creative ways to get into RE with $20k like many of the posters here are sharing. 

We have dipped steadily from 100% collection in March to 94% in April and 91% in May and June. 

History shows us that the market can go steadily up for very long periods.