My question is: In these instances, are landlords raising rents to meet the market (again where justified) without worrying that it will create turnover or do most approach it with a phased increase to lessen the burden to tenants and decrease the risk of vacancy?

The website has a pretty extensive property management info library you can check out to learn more.

@Joshua Carter a SIGNIFICANT portion of my due diligence and inspection process requires the utilities to be on.For instance, I run all plumbing extensively to check for leaks, I ensure that appliances are functioning correctly, I check all lights and electrical outlets for functionality & ground, we check the fuse boxes for functionality & condition, we assess the performance of furnace & AC systems, and water heaters, we check the functionality & safety of the gas lines, scope the sewer main and assess water flow, test for radon & meth contamination, and basically give the entire property a thorough "test drive"  --which isn't possible if the utilities are off.  

For instance, say the value to sell is $500k, and the potential 10 year NNN lease rate is $5k/mo, making it a 12% cap rate.

For instance, it is the wrong property.

Ask if you can have an extension (EOM?)

I ask for an extension, seller says okay but put another 1000 emd and its non refundable.

I would have accepted her in that instance.

I have had a couple instances with icicles falling on cars and I'm trying to limit my exposure to insurance claims.

A technical question for those using electronic rent colletion methods -For instance if a tenant is late on rent, I assume the system emails them with a notice saying so.