Doesn't it make much more sense, for new investors to start with a low price home, verses high price ones, considering their lack of money in the beginning? I live in South Florida, in a modest city, whose home prices...

Not the experience investors and company who knows how to play with the risk and afford to lose, but us, ordinary people who invest based on assumption and false believes...This is one of my favorite quotes: “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.

Would it be absurd to use my trade skills to bargain for a lower rental cost?

You are right, people are doing it, and getting great deals, but they have found ways to find motivated sellers and show them how their price is fair even when it may seem absurd to the normal person.  

I feel fine, and make up an absurdly low number or tell them that estimates are for my review only...and suggest they come in as competitively as possible. 2.

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There will of course be those false start reports that come out: "Sales are up!"

they have also made up false invoices for work that has never been done, and items that have never been bought.

If a property is listed, a Buyer's agent still has a responsibility to the owner as they are the selling agent for that owner, they need to reach a fair price having somewhat of two masters, at the lowest price that is acceptable given the circumstances, but not, say digging into false claims to justify a lower price because they may be able to manipulate a lising agent and owner.

In the client relationship between property owner and PM, the property owner still and will always have a superior interest in the real property, so much of what your PM is telling you sounds like hogwash, IMO.The idea of removing salary information and credit information from the information stream to the owner of the real property related to potential or current tenants is frankly a bit absurd.