This spring's & summer's vacation rentals were all mostly 1+ week long and way down from pre-pandemic times and then all of a sudden all these business travelers started booking 2-4 night stays.

If you go mutliple years without raising rates,  the tenant will become complacent and be shocked by your sudden attempt to get back to market rates. 

I like how I did bullet points and then after that suddenly bullet points were the cool thing for this thread.

They jump into a unit and the crusty old sergeant who has been running things from day to day suddenly is told it is all wrong and this young LT who may be just a snot nosed little kid.

Yes, I am an ardent user of Evernote for years and coupled with Google Apps these platforms have enabled me to keep track of my business and personal life details that are readily accessible anytime, anywhere.As a matter of fact, I am so organized with it that I gave my family its password and instructions, that in the event I die suddenly they can login and everything is outlined for them to follow in detail, as if I am standing over their shoulders.

That is an enormous red flag.If that is normal in Detroit, then that means your tenants will be able to easily jump ship and find a place that will be cheaper if you saddle them with utilities all of a sudden.

You may be saving $30,000 for the next deal when suddenly a deal comes along that only requires $10,000.

Suddenly thrown out of work they had to make some hard decisions. 

Or suddenly they lose their job? 

One day I was sitting at a table with a tenant and there was a restaurant menu in the middle of the table....we had been chatting and started talking about how the place felt haunted sometimes and suddenly the menu fell right over without either of us touching the table!!