That being said, my youngest daughter recently rented an apartment in a 9 unit complex near UCLA.  

Then again these deals are more complex and you do not have a part time broker/agent doing smaller 3 million dollars deals and up.If you are buying sub 100k houses then the normal is the wild west.

One thing to keep in mind is that there are LOTS of apartment complexes all over Houston - below the $900/month mark for a 2 or 3 bedroom you could be getting the tenants that have been turned down by the large complexes.

It gives you great information without being overly complex.

Some of these can get complex with moving values based on artificial appreciation. 

I know people that time the closing of apartment complexes to line up perfectly with rent collection. 

One build and sell an operating complex.

The new apartment complexes they've built at Strata are doing really well (98%+ occupied).

That’s no small task—the law’s complexity is one one of its most noteworthy features.

I rent the Florida condo on homeaway, but they allow not just home owners, but managers of complexes to rent through them.