Take reasonable precautions obviously.Right now we pay about $11/hr for help doing things like data entry.

There are very specific tests for approving a variance.  

It is a common occurrence that they aren't sure if they will stay in the city and have commented on wanting to "test the home and neighborhood".

There water meter attachments you can buy that measures the amount of hot and or cold water you can put on the pipes that are going to their fixtures.. but I would bet it's a leak.. the water departments usually give you a one time break in that case   hire a plumber to do a pressure test starting at the meter 

But in both cases you're "comping" just the same.Another notable difference between single family home valuation and apartment valuation is in the availability of data.

Never had this issue before when purchasing other properties to not let us test utilities. 

Im sure a PVA data search would show where they have picked up land (likely 2-3 different plots) and then start looking for units around them to buy and hold. 

I currently have a large 1300 sq ft+ 1 / 1 condo that has a very high HOA in general but after analyzing the data it's also high for the building.

I know there's data out there regarding property prices, and there's data out there about the short-term rental market a la AirBnB, but do you know where I can find data on year-to-year leases for rooms? 

This is because they scrape data off the MLS listing for their listing on their sites.