Realty statistics are insane.

Both has tenant screening and I posted in my listing clearly to apply first followed by touring after shortlisting potential prospects. 7 days listed, 50 application till now, 7+ applicant are prospects, 4 weeks I have before tour, as of today there are 7 homes available in the market for roughly same moving date (first week of July).Given this above statistics, there are few applicants they are personally emailing me. 

I studied finance/statistics in school and also took the real estate classes my school offered.

Statistically speaking guns will not protect your tenants but you would likely attract a more passive tenant base by not allowing guns.

I invest in a statistically low growth area of NE Ohio.

On a $464,000 Investment, in 10 months, or about $9% annually.Mark TwIn said that there are three kind of lies, direct lies, indirect lies and statistics.  

Why do so many people flock to such miserable statistics?  

To tell anyone who has invested almost 3 years of their life into a college education, in a demanding field, that they should just drop out and "follow your passion" because of outliers or because others have done it is to provide statistically bad advice.

@Jay Helms You're confusing making bold assumptions with statistical confidence,  extrapolated from data. 

Statistically speaking many of the people in this forum probably have the issues listed in this article...https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/tiredness-and-fatigue/...