@Evan Polaski It took me at least a year of sourcing sponsors, finding investment group resources, analyzing opportunities, and understanding proper diligence; so, following a sponsor for a long time happens in the ordinary course of getting familiar with an investment strategy (particularly one that lacks control). 

Have you ever had a year where your insurance or proper tax’s went down?

Be thankful you have a section 8 tenant who is coming to you first with this issue and trying to get it rectified through the proper channels.

In San Francisco proper the discrepancy between 2 and 3 units is bigger I assume because of condo conversions.

All the water from the crown of the road floods onto my property and I was informed its illegal to discharge water onto anothers property and that the engineers could apply pressure to the city to have curb and gutter installed.

@Kyle Carter we manage around 700 doors, with 92 of them being S8.When S8 applicants are properly screened, they can statistically perform a decent amount better than cash-tenants.

Tools like Rentometer and BiggerPockets can help compare rental prices, and working with a CPA and attorney will ensure you structure your investments properly.

In fact if you don't do proper due diligence some are "traps" with bad layouts, fire damage, and tiny sized lots. 

Our all in construction was $360k (If we had to do it again, we wouldn't spend the $10k to install the fence where we always do for our other investment properties.

The second violation gets them suspended until they watch a 5-minute video that addresses their violation and proper behavior, and then they pass a five-question test.