Why don't you decrease the purchase price? 

Although service members who are already here will not see a decrease in their BAH, those moving to Hawaii or experiencing a chance in status (Marriage/Divorce) will see their rates drop.

In general, I think you'll find that as the area quality decreases, your headaches increase (and increase at a disproportionally high rate).

Switching to the more expensive faucet did not increase the rent or decrease the time to rent.

Dayton, Cleveland, and Cincinnati tend to not appreciate anywhere near to Columbus because it’s decreasing population.

As a number of insurance companies pull out of certain states, the supply is decreased significantly, and thus the insurers that remain are able to charge substantially more.

Brandon Turner used to always say there is a good investment market within a 1-3 hour drive of an expensive market.If your market is too expensive, you may just need to drive out a bit.Furthermore, the goal with a house-hack is that your living expenses(the rent you would normally pay is decreased).We also are in a weird real estate market where prices and interest rates are high. 

This will give you the most leverage and you will allow you to add even more properties to your portfolio, increasing return and decreasing the risk. 

In current condition, they could probably get $850 market rents, and I am thinking of raising rents to $750 in the hope some stay, and some go (giving me time to slowly rehab units rather than having too much work at the same time).I would caution against giving a permanent rent decrease for a tenant working for you.

.- The number of homes for sale remained roughly flat at its all-time record low, down 39% compared to last July and down even compared to June, which is abnormal.Demand – still softening, but moderating- Pending contracts are down only 3.2% from last July, the smallest decrease in this figure in quite some time.