Here in GA it's statutory that the landlord is responsible for maintenance...I have alot to learn from the blind to reality optimists!!!!!

I am optimistic that the raise will be successful.

I'm very optimistic with this newly revived 'hood.

Your post made me feel very optimistic about my own goals.  

I am optimistic that I will get the property under contract.

So after 5 years I would have a potential cash flow of $48,000 minus repair costs, vacancy, etc. instead of a maximum of $18,000.This is thinking in terms of 5 years, rather than for the long, long term but as an optimist (like @Mark Ferguson) I always think things will be better in 5 years!

Are they overly-optimistic?

They now consider that my partner has no cause for a hardship exception and, with the rental cap met, they are not entertaining requests to rent - the rental wait list is about 1 year.We are preparing an appeal to the members of the board since according to the declaration, the decision ultimately rest with them, but we are not optimistic about the prospects of them deciding this in our favor.

@Jon Klaus While I wouldn't want to be unduly optimistic about this one, the DC metro area has one of the most reliable housing markets in the nation.

If you've put about $210K into it and you're getting $12K per year that's less than 6 percent ROI and that's optimistic, you can do much better with index funds.