If the technician checked the inflow/outflow differential and its 11 degrees or over then its behaving correctly. 

You might be having somewhat initial success but it's not likely really scalable over time in varying jurisdictions with different laws on the books.Everything these days is more about social media and or snail mail.  

They behave in a menacing manner towards their neighbors and towards the landlord. 

Do you accept well behaved dogs?

And I do believe Blackstone and other companies like that are behaving badly in taking advantage of tenants.

That way they don't change from having a "small well behaved dog" to 3 big dogs, 5 cats, and a lizard.

Its a relative, and it will be spoiled rotten, but well behaved. 

I know my cousins in the mid west always thought I was crazy that I worked for myself .PS your fortunate to leave PDX when U did it has turned into a cess pool .. the powers to be have let the homeless basically ruin one of the great cities in the US  at least for the time being.. all of us who live in bergs unless we have to no one goes downtown anymore and many of the resturants are relocating to the burgs were as you probably remember the burgs were devoid of anything remotely unique or fine dinning. 

Which ever market you choose will depend on your strategy and how involved you are going to be.

We can behave and do things which is out of norm.