What (imho) most of you seem to be missing, is that the real estate market usually doesn't react much until 12-24 months into a bear market.

No body wants to live next to a weird landlord.  

If you want to get into real estate starting from nothing, there are better places.So you know how to run an auto body shop, and it's also very clear you're aware that the profitability has been getting more and more squeezed out of that in recent years.

Because of this, she was appaled that I entered without a mask (and no body there)...heaven forbid!

This way I am not just having to react when my property is vacant. 

Many times I have seen folks live in squalor who appear bright and able bodied but their mindset and negative self talk prevents them from ever improving their lives Case in point ; I have some rentals that are on the bad side of town , the buildings are old and probably need some work and oddly enough I get the same $ rates or better than the good side of town that is a far nicer condition property in a better area . the only logical explanation is the tenants choose a “ rough” area to live because they look at themselves as being “ rough” they lived in “ rough” areas all their lives and they know they wouldn’t fit in there I guess . 

I react to cat and smoke.

The owner is fully entitled to do whatever they want to their property as long as the appropriate governing bodies say it’s okay.

They leave their spouse and end up with the exact same thing in a different body.

I called up another laundry service provider when I was shopping for a new provider, they mentioned they were surprised to hear about the huge rate increase by CSC and was curious to see how the customers react, seeing this as a potential business opportunity.