They are neoliberals--aka cronies of Big Business/oligarchs--using populism (in this case, liberalism) to crash the housing market so that small landlords are forced out of business and the biggest developers and speculators own it all. 

They actually offered me significantly more monthly rent than I had it advertised for (I guess as an incentive because they were thinking they'd only need to live there for about 3 months). 

If your interests are long-term steady tenants, you can create incentives based around that and/or penalties around the opposite.

@Christopher Hand my biggest concern isn't the dollar amount as those all seem in line with hiring a licensed plumber.

I’m now in my 30s and finally taking steps toward one my biggest goals.

One of the biggest hurdles to building a large rental portfolio is cash. 

What do you think your biggest road block is to get going?

My biggest worry is putting myself in a situation, where people are occupying units, without pay, and without chance of vacating.

I work to train my clients that the biggest risk in RE investing is not an IRS audit, it's bad investments that you don't immediately dump.

I've always thought that the Property Manager and the investor did not have aligned incentives.