Given these things, in a normal circumstance, I try to increase rents 1-3% annually believing that is generally how much rents will increase LONG TERM and that a tenant's pay will likely rise in that range each year on average as well.

I was thinking about normal residential investing.

I've been able to get 0% APY balance transfer for 12mo before from Chase and Amex by doing this on a card I already had and I got a 1% balance transfer fee vs the normal 3-5%.

I was just thinking, as a realtor, I will sometimes just drive through neighborhoods that I like and sometimes, I will see a Pods container or a moving truck, or people working - If I see that, I will normally go knock on the door and introduce myself to see if they are making a move or not.

New potential tenant put 09/01/2024 to 08/24/2025 for the asked lease dates. is it normal to have it shortened by a week for the last month?

I think it's normal for people to try to sell you on something as there is not really a way to escape this.

@Scott Trench and his team have done a good job with the sub to guys they got removed but came back a few months ago and of course the post on all sub to threads and at first just normal responses like they did not really understand the bizz..

 - If you are a good landlord you are helping those who are normally looked down upon and normally have to deal with bad landlords just to have a roof over their head.  

She's noted/complained about 2 of the far bedrooms floors 'sloping' and seems to be with the seasons, worse in the winter than in the summer, where they seemingly go back to normal. 

They should have at least communicated with you when they realized the costs were ballooning well above a normal sewer line repair cost, before proceeding with that work.