Credit report shows reasonable debt load for verifiable income.3) making our application free and requiring tenants to complete the application before we will schedule a showing.This process seems to cause unqualified tenants to self screen themselves out and has virtually eliminated no-shows and unqualified applicants but I don't think our screening process would fly if our units weren't extra, extra nice.

I think if you put some effort a few extra dollars can go a long way in adding value to a property. 

Our New Orleans event, aside from having lots of networking and an incredible speaker lineup, will have a couple of "extra" things as I understand it... such as a marching band leading us from the event site to a handful of bars on bourbon street that we intend to fill up. 

On the other hand, the large property is great cashflow but I would now need to borrow extra money for DP and will not gain the advantage of pulling equity from improvements .Any thoughts?

Yes it is common, but it's a load of *** that they didn't disclose it.We lose potential clients all the time who fall for competitors claiming they don't charge extra for maintenance - but we know they are lying and just hiding it.

https://news.gov.bc.ca/release...This is still pretty fresh news with the new BC tenancy changes that came into effect on July 1 2021.I am new to being a landlord and this news does make things a little harder if you have a troublesome tenant.I am wondering what other investors who own in British Columbia think about the changes and will it affect your decisions to do long-term renters vs STR?

It may sound nice to pay a 5% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no add-on fees.

You can require insurance and an extra deposit as well as impose breed restrictions.

No extra tax forms for either DE or NC?

I was kind of thinking adding a portion of the water on top of the rent across the board to each tenant that's very reasonable (even just $25-30 extra) in the mean time?