Happy Holidays, and thank you for sharing such a detailed and engaging market update!

Change all lighting to LEDTo increase revenue: 1.

I'll focus on maintaining the property and optimizing rent increases to ensure consistent returns over the years.

We gave him 56k in deposits and he will not even pick up his phone or engage in a conversation.

And during inflationary times rental rates increase.

It will actually be more difficult for your agent to procure a buyer off market - so the work actually increases. 

Your returns could be increased if you are willing to rent it by the room to individual students. 

They had caught some trespassers.We have continued to upgrade our security systems as capabilities have increased and costs have decreased.  

I do not care what the source of the return is  Historically the highest return is via a value add and appreciation and is more so recently due to the recent rate increase versus earlier this century (before 2022).However, most new RE investors cannot handle extended periods of large negative cash flow.  

Whether we agree with these items or not, the following are inflationary government policies: stimulus, student debt relief, tariffs, increased child tax credits, limited immigration, and big government deficit spending.