Wait until later to try anything unusual.  

So far things are good.Let's bend an elbow sometime!

Renting by the room is not unusual, but the host usually lives on site to manage it.

@Josh Deeden I was going to say Boise and other mountain states towns like Bend, Ketchum, or Bozeman like @Kory McCain but if weather is a concern Asheville gets my vote

It’s not unusual on a $100K investment to experience a min 8% preferred return or cash in your pocket of $8K while experiencing a paper loss on your annual K-1.

Ultimately if they are not serious about selling, there's not much you can do to force their hand.Prop 2: Not too unusual with tenant occupied multi-units to not want ten thousand looky loos trampling in and out of the tenants' living area.

Would it be an unusual process to just look at their properties, run my own numbers to compare to what they are advertising, and go from there?

Firing him might mean losing your friend, as she will have to take sides.Friends often expect us to bend over backwards for them, give them more leeway than they'd get from a pure business relationship.I'd be careful with that

It is not at all unusual for a unit to last 20 years or more with maintenance.

This is an unusually big drop and big rebate according the person I'm working with, but not unheard of.