@Jared W Smith if there is data out there to support your statement, I'll concede....

it appears that employers have conceded to what could be a 'new normal'..."..Manhattan's largest employers are starting to plan for the post-COVID future of work, and it seems most of them are giving up on the traditional way of doing things.Some 66 percent said they would adopt a hybrid model of days in the office and days at home, another 9 percent said they would not require workers to return to the office at all, and 4 percent said it would ultimately be role-dependent..."

I’ll concede people more likely to marry than costal regions so they have played a part in the laws.

I DO concede some to them.

You never want to pushed around by tenants, but conceding small reasonable things is just smart business.

I concede however, that it is likely to be rather difficult to enforce in court a contract one makes with a tenant on a property that one has no title to.  

I am also willing to concede profit for using such a team (if they are good) and the potential loss of income could be offset by not having a bad novice do it yourself deal.Thanks in advance!

I agree re 25-30% min required returns, it's quite speculative and concedely outside my wheelhouse but doesn't require a ton of capital and the risk looks to be relatively defined.

Finding cash-flowing on-market properties in the area was tough so I conceded my goal to find something that would break even (in year 1) just so I could get started with REI and start learning.