If all of your units are in one building, that doesn't lend itself to the same type of risk reduction that you would get from investing in properties that are located in different cities throughout the US.

In the long run, keeping a tenant even at a $50 reduction In rent is better than then the cost of replacing the tenant provided they are a good tenant.Good Luck.

Then cut out the fat and create more time.  

There's a whole undercurrent of investors on BP that seem to believe that real estate agents do nothing more than open doors and collect big, fat checks. 

Profit in real estate comes from (1) cash flow (2) principal reduction (3) appreciation and (4) tax benefits.  

However, when I ran the numbers via the BP rental calculator, the cash flow result  was a big fat zero!

So by having to run specials all the time you get almost nothing but they get a fat check.

He knows you're inexperienced.When buyers start talking to me about going back to the seller for a reduction I know they are just trying to work me.

@Duncan Banks this has become popular with the reduction in inventory.

Someone else's goal of debt reduction would differ.