On the surface, it seems as if they'd be difficult-to-close, time-consuming and possibly expensive transactions.  

Shopping around is time consuming and you are jeopardizing yourself to the market.

I had a tenant sign an early termination agreement for possession only once (I was genuinely trying to help her avoid eviction), and she turned around and sued me (with a pro bono lawyer) for violations of the consumer protection act!

The us consumer in general is heavily indebted and paycheck to paycheck.

I have been making an effort to pay off all consumer debt in the meantime.

Primary residences are protected as a consumer's home - which includes licensing and loan parameters for conforming loans. 

Because as a consumer it really seems like they are killing NAR in marketing and advertising properties and your realtors are paying them also.

-Consume as much real estate investing content as possible.

Agree on some kind of publicly available inflation rate index, consumer rate index, etc and use that as the increase. 

The Context:-Goal is to invest OOS as ATX is too expensive for me-I've been consuming and learning this business through a 15hr course and just finished Multifamily Millionaire by Brandon so I have a grasp of the fundamentals and can underwrite deals (basic ones).