Perhaps it is hard for people from the states to understand - but the rule of law, and clarity in regulations etc really makes it so much more attractive than other places where you never know what new policies might come into effect forcing you to take massive loses etc.

Texas boasts affordability and business-friendly policies, but lacks some cultural amenities.It depends on your priorities!

You could ask them to just monitor your wallet to ensure sufficient funds, but then they'd have to trust your security policy and procedures are at least as good as the exchanges.  

For sure it is a huge safetly net if you can get it, but strictly applied, seems many of us would be out of business.

Many warranties cover single-family homes or duplexes, but for multifamily properties, you might need a specialized policy.

These are primarily found in cities with a metro population >1M.Pro-business environment: Many cities treat employers as adversaries through restrictive policies.

Take out 5 $2mm term life insurance policies for 20 years.  

Looking forward to the journey ahead....In my experience, very few properties in Ohio are strictly required to operate as Section 8 rentals.

Our actual carriers used to be Secura, but they seem to be getting out of a lot of insurance lines or pricing so high as to have customers drop off, and we just moved policies in Nov. to Hanover Insurance. 

Finally, The rent control discourages further development, limiting supply which results in higher rents.So rents go up, but the rent control advocates are too uneducated on the economics of the rent control policy to see their role in the rent increase.Another consequence of rent control is no value in keeping the property as nice.