Right now I own a duplex, I live in one unit and rent the other for $1400 per month.

@Aubrey Eblin Thank you very much for sharing your experience with the Rent To Retirement Academy. 

Raising the rents will not be as easy as merely sending out notices of rent increases.

Hi Everyone, If I only have tenant's birthday, driver license number, and phone number, can I still have a collection agency to help me to collect the delinquent rent?

Again, you market should dictate how you interact with tenants but generally speaking partial rent payments shouldn't be reasonable.

Yes, the government pays the Section 8 rent timely, but more and more tenants are having to pay a portion of their rent.

Rent growth is a function of supply, demand, and interest rates:- I'd ground any forecast by stating I expect national rents to rise on a pace more or less in line with inflation over any long time period. 2-3% per year.

December is the worst month to try to rent the property.Who determined the rent price?

What rent collection software do you recommend and why?

I understood that rent prices are decreasing.