In the end it is about your risk tolerance. 

I would focus on one of two things… finding a more tolerable high-pay work situation OR developing some coping skills to deal with your current working situation.

So, a tenant can better tolerate small yearly increases rather than holding off and giving them a large increase further down the line.

The right investment strategy depends on your risk tolerance and available time, especially when partnering with family.

Most everyone is right, things are pretty much the same, my tolerance is different. 

I would think that a property manager would be able to assess your specific unit, be able to determine what market rate is for the local area and the quality of the unit, what the market rate rate is for your specific unit, to suggest what your unit could rent for based on some improvements and have a sense of what rent increase would be tolerable by the tenants. 

What is your risk tolerance?

The amount I invested was small enough that a 50% haircut is tolerable.

As Plano is a pretty nice clean cut buttoned up type of community they don't seem to have a lot of tolerance even for just a few bad apples.Dallas is considering a ban. 

Every investor  has a different risk tolerance, comes from a different financial situation and has different financial goals.