We are working on another form of communication with higher commissions.The FutureAll indications are showing that it will get worse before it will get better - sales inventory is still high, rental inventory is very high, more and more new construction apartment buildings are nearing and/or have been completed (at least 10 in Cape Coral that have hundreds of units are still being built), displaced homeowners are returning to their homes, and a host of other concerns.We have gone through years of rapid rent growth and a lack of inventory.

The email;when I returned to my room this morning I noticed that my room looked out of place.

Buying without any skin in the game is high-risk and a recipe for disaster.

Why the high cash in? 

as  PML personally your first positions are simply too high to take the risk of being in Second position.

In one of the podcast episodes, I remember them saying that if you are trying to avoid raising rents too high on an existing tenant, you are better off renting at the full amount you can and then giving them a discount on the rent.

Highly recommend you share more about the research YOU have put it into your dilemma, so we can poke holes in it, add to it, etc.

More or less, we give you a bridge loan to buy the house even if your debt to income ratio is to high with both mortgages on your ledger.

Maybe I just have bad agents   My 2 thoughts on this are1) Maybe you haven't found a good agent, or the right agent for you.2) Maybe you have unrealistic expectations for the market, thus leading to a high number of offers with no deals closing from them.Also, #2 there, doesn't necessarily preclude #1 from being true.

My painters (on high-end projects) would usually spray primer and roll 2 coats.