Make sure you ask about every single fee to avoid companies who practice rent shifting.

He then makes a make shift patch and calls it good.

Is there any major shifting in the lining of the pipe?

Once you hit that metric the way people think about life tends to change with a major shift.

If you were still "insecure" you could shift one month of that to be an extra month of security deposit - the idea being if they ever quit paying, you would have 2 months of security deposit or "last month's rent" to cover getting them out of the unit if you had to ever evict them.  

And inflation is the key reason rates have remained high.Long story short, in spite of the Fed rate hike and the relatively unchanged outlook for 2024, the market saw some indication of a policy pivot in Powell's comments--some shifting of the big picture cycle of economic growth and inflation.

the best RE strategy is market specific and can shift.  

Damn, but the hunt continued, we eventually did shift to hunting for a single family home in a nice location, with growth, attractions, no HOA, and possibly air bnb a room while we live there.    

Obviously shifting from owner occupied multi-family dwellings to rental would be a change, but we both believe with some advice and insight from others, her skills can translate more quickly than if we had no property management experience.

I went on an appointment once where the seller had moved into the dining room and was using that as a make shift bedroom after a hip replacement made it next to impossible for him to go up and down the stairs.