They will use them to heat rooms and other dangerous habits. 

Otherwise you'll just be adrift in sea feeling like paddling furiously but getting absolutely nowhere.Build Daily Habits: Look at deals and educate yourself.When I looked through my rental property calculator to see how many deals I had to analyze, it was somewhere in the low 200's.

It is always a good idea to implement good habits right from the start. 

My caution come from not wanting them to harm the property they know I am rehabbing across the street.

I look for properties that have existing space that is underutilized and not permitted to be habitable (in-law suite, granny flat, bonus room, hobby rooms, pool house).

I have not seen data but I have heard that owner occupied duplex and triplex owners are so harmed by the new normal for landlords in Oakland that sales prices for owner occupied duplexes and triplexes are declining.

Think about it - they didn't provide any capital, do any improvements or take any risk, yet they want to tell you, errr force you to run the business a certain way,  a way that is financially harmful to you.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

(I am not talking of a small check, i am talking of checks in the 100-200k range, same story every time)No wonder why Irvington is suffering, with such neglect and abuse for public service something big has to change, and it looks like mayor tony vauss is on the right path, he just might new to cut off some of the old heads that have old bad habits and are not ready to change.  

In most instances (in my experience), these were carriers that were writing heavy habitational accounts (community associations, apartments, condos, townhomes, etc.).