Do they tend to be local, regional, or national?  

Plus, those clusters of C-/D multifamilies tend to attract a certain kind of tenant that's rough to manage for a first-timer (or even with lots of experience) .. plus higher crime, more headaches, etc.. 

In this area, the rents tend to plateau as well. just because it is a larger and nicer house the rents do not scale linearly.

Finally I served her a thirty day notice, she went nuts.

We have a mix of smooth top and coil, the coil is for the  less well done units and tends to do fine for our lower end tenants. 

I tend to think that there's no difference. 

As families grow in size and age they tend to look for more stability which typically comes with detached housing.With that said less desirable units become desirable at the correct rent rate.

Hi Wiliam,I tend to paint with a broad brush, but.................Look at Lehi.  

Let's focus on creating a cash flow asset instead of a for sale productYou're a tough nut ... we presently sell tenants storage boxes:but I suppose I could try to rent them ;-)

Just remember, it would have been very easy for them to say, "OK", renew the lease, renew it again when it comes up in the spring/summer, and then just bail on you next October.By trying to work a solution a year in advance, they are, if not doing you a favor exactly, doing better by you than they could have.ME: *WHACK* (Kick you as hard as I can in the nuts)You: *Gasping for air*ME: You should be thanking me, I could have stabbed you.Again on a practical level you are correct that they could have screwed her over even more, but I can't get over how you condone and almost seem to admire these people's behavior.Yes they could be worse but that doesn't mean they aren't jerks that are knowingly trying to screw her over.