I have only one quote so far, but it seems a LOT higher than what it should be: $1500 just to set the new tub in place, which will include re-routing of the water supply and drain lines. 

Can your supplies be put on a extended payment, no interest card at a Home Depot?   

What I mean is, I go to the tiebreakers listed on my 'general qualifications sheet' and briefly peruse all the apps I received at the same time, looking for move-in timeframe, (they may not want to move for 2 months), term they want, #of people (are they pressing occupancy limits), if they smoke, if they have pets, does their income pencil out, special requests (did they ask to paint or do things to the place?).  

In our area, rents are rising much faster than inflation because investors are taking advantage of the supply-demand being in their favor and raising rents for that reason, not so much because of a rise in taxes, insurance and operating costs.

And by party, I mean nodded out on opiates, or smoking crack and turning tricks. 

It seems that Supply should meet Demand.  

All three of you would benefit from educating yourselves on return, yield, profit, supply and demand, ratios and market behavior.  

@Kal Abhari,I'm not sure what your definition of "seasoned" is, but I've been at it for a while now, so I'll take a stab.Without diving too deep into a discussion economics, I find that ROI follows the curves of supply and demand pretty well.  

I actually answered every question that I could confidently within the first 30 minutes, the remaining time was spent organizing questions under category using the mini dry erase board they supplied, and through this process was able to find most of the answers I needed in an organized manner.

If markets become oversaturated with supply it stands to reason, rental rates will drop, etc.