Thanks Jeff, yea it is a bit strange, but I may forge ahead.

If I know the check-in will be late I tell them so they don't rush.4.

Most of my deals that will be fix and rent I go ahead and get an "As Completed" appraisal and underwrite based off of those projections.

Applicants will be happy to sign and take the discount but they will not respect the lease when they decide to leave.You would be farther ahead to offer a discount for them to pay on time and keep them on M2M.

I'll actually be in San Diego this upcoming week and would love to meet to show you what is working for me now and more than likely help you take a step in the right direction in the time ahead!

I might as well go ahead and add a similar question, How will I know when the market changes?

I stand corrected....Thanks @Christopher Phillips, I didn't realize all that needed to be done ahead of time.

Also, if I buy a 2 unit it gets it's own LLC, but a 100 unit would as well... so that is a bit of a head scratcher from that standpoint.

Maybe a bit against the grain of all the great advice I received, I went ahead and served the rent hikes to all 6 potential candidates. 2-3 of these were M2M and also happen to be my worst tenants by far.

Don't discount loopnet either...should be some OMs on there as well and you can even contact those brokers and owners for additional information.This takes a little while but soon you will be able to talk the talk and that will get you way ahead of the other tire kickers that waste these brokers' time day in and day out.