Its no surprise that also took them a week to go and turn it off.I had 2 perspective tenants waiting for over a month with their national background check only to find out there were alternatives we could use to get a report in minutes but they refused to not use that company.Finally I get a tenant after 3 months on the market who is someone who was fully approved by the rent amount was 200 dollars less than market value a month so I agreed because it was just before winter when its harder to get someone in.

For example, I would recommend touching base with local landlords in the market you're wanting to do section 8 investing in to get a feel for how the local section 8 office handles landlord/office relationships. 

Is the portal a downloaded application or is it a web portal?

I believe it is against the law to discriminate based on a previous bankruptcy filing. 

I have several CFO clients in KC and I'm based across the state in the St.

There are a lot of proposed legislative changes coming up state wide and also municipality based.

My opinion varies based on my experience, and keeping a property manager has been a nightmare for me.

So it would seem if the ratio is variable based on rental rates, that comparing rent to price is a ridiculous filter since you need a different ratio for each rental rate.

Quote from @Andrew Steffens: I would follow the advice above to see if you can improve seated comfort but short of that I would not go and replace, at least not yet.  4 stars is good and it seems you will get more 5 stars based on 2 previous to bring it up. 

Alternatively the other side of the city (Pikesville, Towson outskirts) still decent rentals but they are farther from employment centers.