Some of the people who have contacted us find it shocking that we ask for their credit score.. or ask if they have a valid social insurance number (SSN)..I'm scared that good tenants are right in front of us, but our screening process is too intimidating for them because they are small-town oriented. 

I was initially shocked by the higher insurance rates and utility rates.

Three or four months before time of next renewal you can send out a pleasant reminder of what you're expecting. 

I too was shocked it went for as much as it did.

I contract out a large part of my business, and it seems a bit illogical to not contract this out...I guess I was just sticker shocked with the last year cost when compared to previous years of half that. 

You’d be shocked by how little actual screening many PMC’s do!

Manchester and south of the river IMO over the past 10 years is the biggest shock, it's gone from kind of run-down to the new cool place with tons of development.     

I think I agree that it would take something like a sharp and sudden interest rate hike to shock the markets in that fashion, which is highly unlikely. 

I get asked about STRs a lot, and I know with Nashville's new restrictions on those permits, the next year seems like it's going to be a shock to the STR business.

I have my most success with roomies.com, and the second most success with Craigslist shockingly.