Don't try to get rich on one customer.

As a result, this isn’t the kind of market that attracts top-tier PM talent.Your best solution might be to either:1.Take on self-management if possible (and if you’re willing to put in the time/effort).2.Find an individual you can trust to handle these properties, set up very specific instructions and processes, micro-manage them initially to ensure standards are met, and compensate them well to make it worth their while.This approach requires more oversight on your part but can yield better results in markets like this.

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It’s humiliating to call customer service who has no idea what is going on and can’t quite transfer you to property manager.

* Are there creative solutions landlords use to address tenant concerns about parking in this area?

@Alecia Loveless  We plow AND salt , we dont give the customer an option . 

They provide all the solutions one could ask. 

Vendors who partner with Costco pay for market exposure and referrals, which often adds to the final cost passed on to the customer.

It most likely won't help them in this case but let's face it - they're not big on resolving their own problems especially when you're accommodating them.The longer you allow them to live rent-free with no solution in place, the longer they will do just that.

Their solution was for me to take over ownership of not one but five homes from Jeff's portfolio, all of which I had sold him and subsequently leased.Despite my being patently unfinanceable, the bank president placed a bet on me because I knew the homes, I knew the tenants, I knew what I was doing, and I was rabidly hungry.