Luxury service providers always run an institutional risk, however large they are, of internalizing a culture of quiet yet deep contempt for their customers.

For the latter two, we did raise the rent, but we also put several thousand dollars in rehab in each house and provided superior customer service. 

I design custom homes for a living. 

Need to have deep pockets and buy right in the appreciation cycle for those equity gain only markets to have a chance at working.People employing this strategy should only have a small percentage of the overall portfolio dedicated to it.

So I know how dedicated I must be to become successful in this career path.I've learned about this forum from the podcast and have been listening to it ever since I found out, about a month ago.

Tier 3) $75 flat fee - I find tenant and I collect payment.All three tiers include the same level of customer service for my clients.

For the two that are not interested, one told me they only take customers who are home owners not investors.

In doing this there ends up being a step up into the addition which the customer does not want.

Many of our customers need to literally touch them in our showroom to see if they are real stone or not.

You have some amazing dedication to doing a job right.