I'll only bother my agent when it looks like a buy to me.  At

In later years I owned a meat shop.

I hope this helps and if you ever need any help or decide to look into some apartments to analyze, feel free to message me at any time.

With my W2 income from my business I was approved for a $400k loan but when they factored in the write-offs from my businesses it basically has me at no income so they offered me the bank statement program.

It actually helped put me at ease when you mentioned that many agents change brokerages until they find the right one.

The replies from other brokers does not surprise me at all

Thankfully my tenants are very respectful and wouldn't call me at any random late time unless emergency.If you are concerned, get a Google Voice number.

We're running into some trouble with tenants just leaving things a complete mess, gross, unsanitary (raw meat running out of the fridge in the kitchen, dumping grease down the drain despite notices not to do so, etc).

Everyone has pretty much got you covered here, and @Dan Mackin got to the meat of it.

There's not enough meat on the bone where I am at this point to make anything make sense.