I think the engineering issues on them have been resolved.I've used a number of different brands (lower price point) and haven't had issues with any of them.

There's a few different ways to focus on a lower rate such as with house hacking and making the investment your primary residence, requesting a significant closing credit from the sellers for standard rate buy-downs (which I've had great success with recently), or utilizing lenders who offer short term rate lowering solutions such as 2-1 rate buy downs (again, ideally paid for by the sellers).

Shortly after the crash my tenants learned that condo developers were renting out luxury apartments in the area for around the same rents I was charging so I was forced to lower rents. 1200/apt 2 1050/apt3. 

This likely will result in a lower unit value than if value was derived from comps (especially seeing commercial MF values have fallen in recent times).Good luck

Rentals also build equity through tenant payments and appreciation, with profits taxed at lower long-term capital gains rates when sold.

You only need to do the first payment line, then replicate, and make some minor adjustments to the first payment which gets values from the entry fields in the summary (header). 

Without new companies creating similar-paying replacement jobs, workers may have to settle for lower-paying service sector positions.

I've had them long enough to keep pushing up rents so that I am at the top of my niche, but know not to exceed it because I'm just about at the point where if I raised rents another $50-$100 I'd be crossing over into the lower end for larger units.

They are often located in lower-income neighborhoods and may need maintenance or renovations.

She's also likely to be causing your tenant in the lower unit to have a higher heating bill.