this means, 2 mcdonald workers living together in yucca valley could easily pay $1200/mo for a quality rental.my homes have all increased 10-20% a year for 3 yrs straight - as the few quality inexpensive rentable homes that come up are fought over by investors, new home buyers, airbnb.a sewer assessment going into effect will add 100-150 to the monthly tax burden (along with a few other assessments in the works - school,fire) Bob Armstrong (a realtor in the area) creates a nice email newsletter each month with data/commentary.

I would be saving $1k in expenses by getting out of my rental that I'm living in now.

You can very inexpensively have watermarks added to your pictures that will help deter this activity. 

Imagine the amount one has to pay a real estate agent in expensive places like, San Francisco Bay Area considering most of the time sellers and buyers agent is the same person #SCAMFor example, If a home is listed for $1.5M in SFO - agent may take home $60k for doing very little since home sells for itself there because of the bidding war and low supply.

you buy @jscott  book on rehab   many rave about how accurate it is and helpful. that's an inexpensive way to get some in depth actionable advice.

The rehab was pretty easy and inexpensive, just many many hours of time in. 

@Eddie SorrellIf those market rent #'s are correct, I would clearly explain this to them, and then recommend that you offer to do some minor upgrades to the units for those existing tenants.Put up a fresh coat of paint on the walls, pay for carpet cleaning (if there are carpets), do minimal upgrades to the lighting fixtures, and maybe even throwing in some USB outlets -all relatively inexpensive upgrades to your units that will help force appreciate the rent, even if they decide not to stay. 

I can buy reasonably inexpensively plus I make a profit from their negligence.

Michael, one thing to keep in mind is that while very inexpensive houses can look like cash flow kings on paper, the reality is that they are inexpensive for a reason.

Obviously you need to track payments on your side and a simple spreadsheet can accomplish that if you need a simple inexpensive solution.