This information was NOT provided by my realtor, this is news to me! 

The good news is more jobs = more competition = ultimately higher salaries.

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@Chris Hicks Biggerpockets Dave Meyer wrote an article on June 4, 2021, “The 1% Rule is Dead”.

They’re defiantly doing high bid wins the rental in Arizona. https://www.azfamily.com/news/...When one tenant was told they already had lots of interest he offered $200/mo extra, so they asked their top applicants to offer their highest and best rent. 

Feel free to reach out if you'd like to discuss...in the meantime here is an article that is a worthwhile read.https://www.sandiegouniontribu...

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I have a long term tenant that has asked me to sell a house to them on an article. 

https://news.gov.bc.ca/release...This is still pretty fresh news with the new BC tenancy changes that came into effect on July 1 2021.I am new to being a landlord and this news does make things a little harder if you have a troublesome tenant.I am wondering what other investors who own in British Columbia think about the changes and will it affect your decisions to do long-term renters vs STR?

Great news!