When something goes wrong, you can find the best contractor for the job, who can make the repairs right away, and now your tenants are happy, and you have minimized the time you would have spent speaking to your tenants about the delay or fighting a warranty company.

I'm willing to pay for that sort of expertise, but just couldn't fight the feeling that it was more than others who are equally qualified might cost. 

You also might be fighting the fact that people have already moved around for the summer and are mostly settled into their apartments for the year.I can email you some rentals straight from the MLS if you want to see what has been recently rented in that area.

In Maryland, our local Realtor boards are fighting against a similar proposed law.

Just be prepared to fight dirty if you are ever audited. 

Or fighting the L & I requirement for a fire escape on a duplex.

It's a job in itself to keep up with local jurisdiction in all of the places that we operate but it's a must and we will continue the good fight!

So, in the North, best case you’re fighting an uphill battle with a lot of uncertainty.

You are going to be fighting institutional investors for larger multi-family properties… and it seems like they really don’t care too much about what their return is, as long as it is better than the stock market.  

Who would spend the last days of their life as a live in landscape boyfriend, fighting over bushes and fences.