The tenants are looking for nicely renovated houses and rents are climbing rapidly in that area thanks to good landlords like yourself.You'll have great appreciation in this area as it gets back on track.  

Next year it might be ok to raise rents further incrementally

I would state the rental value in today's rate (typically higher) and offer a discount to them (same rate, or less increment amount) if the lease is renewed within 7 -14 days. 

Houston is a top emerging market (equity is rapid and huge).

I went through Farmer's but the actual coverage is through Foremost out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.edit to add: I was honest and upfront with the agent about the property and what I was doing with it.

As you can see, I hale from the great city of Grand Rapids, MI.

Financing is harder below 50k and the buyer pool rapidly vanishes.

Reduce rent in increments of $25 each week to evaluate interest..3.

Some businesses have deferred improvements. b) additional tenants should improve the overall cash flow and help the current businesses with incremental trafficc) There's a fairly new Walgreens next door which is also good signLooking for ideas on how to approach this individual and start a discussion.

Months later a lot of borrowers that came to me did have their HELOC"s frozen or modified downwards since the collateral value that backed the loan was rapidly diminishing.