I'm one of the landlords that mostly uses the credit/criminal checks as a data point to see if they were honest with me prior more than anything.

Finally, The rent control discourages further development, limiting supply which results in higher rents.So rents go up, but the rent control advocates are too uneducated on the economics of the rent control policy to see their role in the rent increase.Another consequence of rent control is no value in keeping the property as nice.

It can be finalized any time before your tax deadline in April 2025.

I finally decided to look elsewhere.  

What I see a lot of people do is overthink it and then either stop in their tracks, or wait for years to get started due to the overwhelming data that they get on what they want to do.

Tip #1 - no such thing as one perfect market There is lots of data on Bigger Pockets and MTR experts that have released rankings of top cities for next year, but remember it's not just about the purchase-- it's also about the operation.

I generally rule out most single family homes as viable rentals, as prices are pretty high relative to rents, so aside from some downtown neighborhoods, typically you do not find large areas of single family rental neighborhoods (a median sale price on a 3 bed, 2 bath home so far this year in Dane County on MLS sales data is at $430k). 

And if your selling NON mls props its hard to run data..

Monster data base  tons of credibility with your RE clients one has sold to over the years..

Most times landlords don't have data or cannot adequately factor in vacancy time or turnover rate.