That's the shift I've seen nationally and it's not just happening in large, liberal cities and the politicians don't care, they cater to the masses to get reelected.

If you've got a sales staff and marketing in place, you always want something to sell the person who calls or walks in the door.For smaller landlords (most of us) it's much less of a science and more art to set perfect rent rates.

That's the legal term of art.

Add pops of color with plants, rugs, and art.

It has to be money that you recieved as a result of a capital gain from the sale of an asset like stocks, real estate, art, etc... 

You can also look at the income approach and adjust vacancy rates a bit higher to assume fewer tenants, that will reduce estimated income and value.Blending these aspects to arrive at a reasonable adjustment is an art, depends on the location and expectations of the market.

Clement Stone is the one that suggested the closing questions.Selling and negotiating is an art and a lot of fun.

Leverage is the art of using borrowed money to make a larger return on an investment than you would be able to do using your own money.

@Isaac Chapple you live in a great art of Montgomery County, but you might find it easier to get help if you start going to Meetups and REIA meetings in the Prince George's and Baltimore regions.  

Austin is a tech hub, liberal w/this backdrop, culturally more aligned w/Amazon than one would think about TX in general (they don't say keep Austin weird for nothing) and yes, Whole Foods their big acquisition is HQd here.