By taking swift action to address maintenance issues, landlords can help to protect the well-being and financial stability of their tenants.

Proactively, you should be holding a reserve, screening diligently, and handling maintenance items swiftly (slow maintenance is where tenants are typically most frustrated and contentious).- It is not clear that we'll see a major shift in favor of rental property owners here in the Seattle area, however navigating the current market isn't overly challenging if you're playing by the book and keeping up to date.

@Ben Kirchner the tenant is staying because you let them.When a tenant violates a contract, you have to act swiftly and professionally.

Pat, appreciate the swift and detailed response!

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."

You can charge top dollars for the Taylor Swifts, but nowadays if they are not A+++ you're getting 50c on the dollar.

That way, when an opportunity does present itself, you are able to swiftly react and take advantage of the opportunity quickly.

Between the Chiefs multiple super bowls (and the Kelce/Swift hype), the 2023 NFL draft, World Cup in 2026, new women's soccer team (KC Current), downtown baseball stadium in the works, Panasonic building a new facility, etc.Kansas City will also give you a lot of bang for your buck too 

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Several partners of mine have house hacked and scaled swiftly with great success.I would be happy to connect!