I can't find basic household stuff.

@Mary Mitchell It does seem odd, and that's exactly how I responded about how he would be losing a chance on free rent, but he simply doesn't want to live in a multiplex household.

Again the service provider delivers the bins.Although garbage service (which includes recycle service) is mandatory for all households in our municipality, yard debris service is optional. 

Your buyer pool would be tiny and lending would be challenging.

Shower had really low ceiling, and sink was tiny.

I was always nervous before about maintenance calls/expenses/my lack of knowledge of general household stuff (I'd never touched a breaker box before!)

They have been a great tenants for 3.5 years so we have only raised their rent $50 in that time (so they may be over 3x today).The median household income for a family of 4 in San Diego is $63.4K. 

@Priyanka K.When investigating new markets I look for things like population growth (upward over the last 10 years)Job growth 1% or greaterUnemployment =< national averageper cap income 20KHousehold income 3 times annual rentnumber of households (in comparison to other markets) Favorable government policies (is the local government looking to attract business) those numbers will give me a sense of the macro market.

With Chicago minimum wage @ $12/hr, assuming 2 working adults (working minimum wage), household income would be almost 5x the monthly rent for my 2BR apartments, leaving about $3k/mo for other expenses.

Monthly pre-tax income for household 5.)