I could only increase to $1550 but with my analysis I'm seeing it might take longer to get to the sweet spot to cash-flow once I vacate and rent my unit.  

Sweet!

When you send him the check, include a detailed letter, with pictures, of the issues that caused the cancellation of the contract.Short, sweet to the point.

This is why they keep the inspection from you so you can live there while they take their sweet time to fix the issues.

Mary, one of my highschool summer jobs was with a bread company, the sweet rolls driver hauling a load about 90 miles was sick one weekend and the manager stuck me in a Ford tractor, gave me a 30 minute lesson and sent me on my way!

Anne Johnson you are very sweet advocating for her.Rather than whispering, she needs to pull up her big girl panties and market herself as a kick butt virtual assistant hired gun, who is more a PROPERTY OWNER WHISPERER, and can interpret the next moooooove of us landlords and git er done even before we ask.THAT would make her indispensable, and much sought after!

There is a sweet spot that you can adjust up or down based on what your competitors have done.

My wife and I did it by reducing it a little at a time and finding great satisfying substitutes for the sweets and sugar.  

Yeah, I hate HOAs too and avoid them like the plague ... one thing I did not mention, the sweet spot for me has been houses built 1980s-1990s ... this is old enough to be dated to get a discount and typically not have HOAs, yet new enough to have modern construction techniques (no lead paint, no asbestos, modern layouts).

Diversification works to maximize equity letting you increase the number of properties you own while letting you stay in the sweet spot for your investing.