They are busy being deal makers....I have noticed the same thing as well.

I am also an agent and I LOVE working with DECISION MAKERS.

The biggest money maker is actually not in real estate (but most people here only knows real estate) but in tech startup if you're accredited.

Heating costs go up in winter, as does electric due to the reduced natural light and people being indoors more.

I would say those are the 3 decision makers, and the relationship of them.

You cannot tell them to take children to a public swimming pool, have them run at the park, get them outside to play but we all know that when children have healthy exercise they don't go wild indoors, they read a book or grandmother reads to them...If the downstairs tenant works from home this can be bad for them and create stress.I like the idea of offering them to switch units but the upstairs tenants aren't going to want to do the neighbor downstairs a favor.

My long-term goal is to make real estate a passive source of income to my full-time work, so I am ok with trading off better returns for lower complexity on my end. 

The top 20% were the money makers in the 25% profit range.So if I can own a strip center with no employees and get a 10% or better return passively then why on earth own a restaurant for the same return but much more headache?

And it was indoors.

Wanting to approach the "key decision maker" with a couple of options is a smart move.