If you ask for higher rent people will perceive it infalted.

They get kicked and beat up and almost always have to be replaced between tenants.The kitchen and bath are tiled hoping they hold up better then the LVP and shows a bit better higher perceived value, or at least that was the logic.

When (insert type of income-producing real estate here) becomes more popular, buyers are willing to pay more, which means cap rates go down.There are three primary forces at play here.  1) falling interest rates make debt cheaper and makes real estate more attractive.  2) rent growth gives buyers hope that the income stream they are purchasing will grow over time.  3) poor performance or perceived risk of other investment vehicles increase the desirability of income real estate, meaning a lower cost of equity capital for real estate buyers.Expanding on point #3, the worse other investment vehicles perform, the less investors demand from their real estate investments.  

On one hand you have the factors of the asset value of each property and your perceived liability exposure.

The first factors are the asset value of each property and your perceived liability exposure.

@Candice Scales I think the reasoning behind this is primarily because most people, especially distressed sellers, are more likely to both open the mail and want to work with somebody when it’s more personal versus what could be perceived as a big faceless company.

I would not invest in any location where the population is stagnant or declining.Crime - People and companies will not move to locations perceived as dangerous.

Maybe studying all of this is unnecessary, but at the end of the day, the more you can perceive change in the RE space, the better you can adjust your strategy and criteria to profit in the market.

If they perceived you've slighted them on something like this the relationship will never recover and you've got yourself an unnecessary turnover cost coming up.

All of this info can be sourced from online platforms and articles, real estate investment meet-ups, and general networking with folks in the industry.Maybe studying all of this is unnecessary, but at the end of the day, the more you can perceive change in the RE space, the better you can adjust your strategy and criteria to profit in the market.