And there are landlords who only care about maximizing profit and nothing else.

If you are consistent with these action items you will avoid most claims, your business will be more profitable,  operate more efficiently and if a claim were to arise you will have all your ducks in a row. 

It is about creating a balance between being open to new tenants and protecting your property interests diligently.By fostering a more secure leasing process, you can ensure that your properties remain profitable and that your relationships with genuine tenants are based on trust and reliability.

How about the simple obvious that the inputs to deliver the service/product have a base-line and market prices have, OBVIOUSLY, been at about as lean of operating profit margins as can be. 

Until i ran into it all, faced it, worked through it and got good at turning problems into profits. 

I’m reaching out to you, the seasoned investors, for guidance as I work toward making my first acquisition.So far, I’ve analyzed over 100 deals to assess their viability and profitability, and I understand the law of percentages in CRE.

Ownership and profit-sharing can be split based on contributions, with you possibly earning equity through sweat equity.

Well it looks like non-profits are exempt....So I suppose Dope Traffickers will just buy an ongoing concern non profit and operate that with ownership as an IBC (International Business Corporation) in some privacy haven, or Russia, or Yemin or somewhere (if those places have privacy laws???)

That's not a profit producing activity for a Broker / Property Manager as 99% are tire kickers and the ones who will buy will buy without going on a date with you. 

If you are very conservative purchase a fixer upper so you can force equity and hopefully have a low enough payment so that you can LTR the property or even sell for profit should the STR avenue not work.