Single family homes are exempt from rent control everywhere in the state.  

Single family homes are exempt from rent control when privately owned.  

Mostly NYC real estate companies uses Yardi Voyager and not the Yardi Breeze that most people here in BP uses.Even if you get a job that uses Yardi, you will have limited access on what you can and cannot do just because the role you are in unless you are a Controller/CFO.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

I'm working on my first rental and trying to understand the best practices for how to use the template leases I can find.

They can fine you for practically anything and they want all the STRs to be banned from the city.

In practice rents will be slightly lower and sometimes slightly lower.

Right now, it feels like this might just be a way for the tenant to try and take control of the situation.

In Phoenix, a 1996 build is practically brand new when compared to a WWI-era home in Cleveland or Pittsburgh or some other Midwest or East coast city.While I agree that older homes come with more problems, buying something newer may not work as the price will be higher and won't cash flow as well.I'm of the mindset to buy what fits your budget and investment goals.

Personally I think Josh himself is innocent but the company definitely is involved in shady and deceptive business practices.