IF $100 a mo breaks your budget, then I'd say you need to raise your rates......Just my $0.02....

I was also getting credit card balance transfer offers at 0% promotional rates for a year to a year and a half and I started transferring my HELOC balances to the promotional credit cards.

Oh and the economy, interest rates and buying sentiment matter too!!

(Interest rates and equity are key factors for cash flow)2.

Wisconsin has a 21 day timeline for landlords to account for any damages and refund the deposit, so if your State is similar, could also remind the seller of those statutes and that you can't just ignore these funds (like pro rating any rent the month of closing where you should be entitled to the portion from closing to the end of the month)

What that means is that even if you "overpay" for a property today, there's a pretty good chance that the normal rate of inflation and general appreciation is going to make you look like a genius 30 years from now. 

If the landlord or their employee did the work themselves, they must include a description of the work, how long it took, and the hourly rate they charged.

my experience has been (1) I can obtain the same rental rate for a 6 month lease that I can for a 60 day “stay” if FULLY furnished (2) some of these 6 month rental turn into 2 years or more.  

Look at occupancy rates, average daily rates, and competition to understand the potential for success.Property Management: Consider how you'll manage the property remotely.

So same thing as an agent pick a technique and stick to it.Myself personally when I started as an agent I did not do follow up like I should have but what i did do was become a CLOSESR  If i got in front of them my success rate was very high so thats where I put my energy and my moto was next..If I could not close them first meeting I moved on the next.