I do not think my market will have much of a decline, but just leveling off and making sellers more reasonable would be nice.

Landlords can become tired and complacent over time...............one or more units stay unfilled for an extended period, or rents are left at existing levels due to laziness-it happens! 

In the entire building those board were the only ones that were not physically removed or chemically stripped.I do know that XRF will detect that lead and have been told that I should notify an inspector/risk assessor of that situation otherwise it will be assumed that the surface of those boards are painted with lead paint.It is notable too that in the year ~1990 I had a blood level of 8 ug/dl. 

This is usually leveled out by asking for higher deposit in the hopes that this will cover at least some repairs or missed rent payments. 

Go spend a year or two putting families in homes, focused 100% on that, and nothing else, not even having the mental capacity to ask unrelated questions (you're working 70 hours a week getting your super basic-level business just barely up and running, you don't have time for such nonsense).

BTW I buy SFRs.If you want to take your investing game to the next level. 

If  tile fits into your budget you can really make that room attractive.Hard to tell how rough it is in pic but Could possibly just paint it the way it is.Self leveling concrete then paint.I dont think you have the height at the doors but some people just lay pavers right on top (not bonded)

There's a lot of people like this out there at low income levels whose record in our new computerized age has fully caught up with them, more than ever before. 

Also, if your properties updated up to the level of flips, you'll have waiting list of Tenants.

I have 27 units with that level of tenants.