When they renew after one year, I hit them with an automatic increase of 3% that ensures I'm always keeping up with the market without having to put much thought into it.

Or are you saying that the overall US equities market (what I assume you mean when you say capitalism, since capitalism, being an economic system and all, isn't impacted by job lose et al. ) is not efficient at the moment?

For BRRRR specifically, we ensure the property still cash flows even after the new appraisal and thus, raising annual property taxes.

I have only graduated less than 3yrs ago, so although I don’t have a huge amount of assets, it’s still in the 6 figures.My other question to everyone else is if the LLC is not possible, should I just pursue REI while ensuring that I have excellent insurance coverage + umbrella policy.

I found his company works well, efficient and respond reasonably quick.I had one issue previously where tenant moved out and I have to pay for the entire damage. 

Our maintenance crews are required to wear our polos, we do it for security reasons as they are a lot of people out there claiming to work for the water company etc (Scammners) and we want to ensure our tenants know our techs are coming directly from our company.

What is the most efficient yet respectful, time honored way to vet these leads? 

You need to ensure you know how to underwrite such projects fast and efficient to be able to jump on an opportunity in a timely manner.

It's supposed to ensure there are no surprises after closing.

We have a great HVAC guy & the last complete system Hi Efficiency Fce. 17 Seer a/c & HW tank ran $5400.