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.

So just in case, the myth about pulling credit a couple of times is false.

Small stuff is fine but asking for like 10k off because you know you overbid is absurd.

Yeah, My wife and I picked a great time to get started, but at least this forces us to set ourselves up with some liquidity and to educate ourselves about what makes a really great deal so we can avoid a false start.

This particular city it IS a major pain but that's just absurd.

Mute point for now since they are locked until April 2020, but you will find 2 schools on BP for this question...(1) keep it "as is" and don't rock the boat and risk a vacancy..... maybe do small increase....vacancy costs $$ and often repairs and upgrades..... don't increase your risk(2) Get up to market rate ASAP.....maximize the investment...... you aren't running a charity..... if they move, so what, fix some stuff and get it to market rentNo right or wrong way.....each has a pro and con and you have to weigh those yourself.Location and time of year plays a role for some..... don't want vacancy during the time of year when its hard to rent etc.My advice is to stay M2M ....... year leases are a false sense of security...... they protect tenants WAY more than landlords...... people will move when they want/need to and nothing will stop them..... they may owe you $$ on the lease but OWE and GET is a total different ballgame.....

The market will self correct, when you have an inbalance of supply and demand, but there is a second option: prices will go up, until demand goes down and the market has achieved equillibrium.The idea that Milwaukee could be turning into a California type market is so absurd to me that I have not brought it yet on my YouTube channel - but there is a real possibility that is going to happen.

Additionally, he has been pushing the green agenda under false premises that humans are solely responsible for Climate Change, which we are only a fraction of 1% responsible.

@Alex Varner from myself doing many years of contracting.... upfront payments are absurd and show someone's instability, it is the absolute best way to get screwed hands down.

I am not an attorney but this applicant (tenant) applied for your property under false pretenses.