Also price is irrelevant if you dont have a good team and a good contractor who you communicate  well with. 

You're making a fairly common mistake of designing your castle when you haven't even learned how to build a chicken coop.

Quote from @Katharina Bormann: I address the importance of clear communication in my book.It's not enough to tell them what is wrong.

There are still people who are either young or fairly unsophisticated with money and choose to not use credit.

Your neighbor s as Sean mentioned, have a lower tax bill likely due to the fact that they live there and there are laws that prohibit the tax assessor from raising the property values more than 3% per year when it's your primary residence okay, it's also fairly common for your tax bill to significantly increase in the tax year after you purchase it.

If they are VERY professional, they will have their processes in writing as verification that policies are enforced equally and fairly by their entire staff.6.

Fair warning, it might hurt.

Stick with what works for youWhat would you say is fair?

The vast majority of lawsuits against landlords involve wrongful eviction, security deposit disputes, and Fair Housing Violations.

I also have the text logs, since I stopped talking to him on the phone so that we would have a record of his communication with us concerning the rent.